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Michael Bay
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Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a film director and producer. He is best known for directing high-budget action films characterized by fast edits, polished visuals and substantial use of practical effects. His films, which include "The Rock" (1996), "Armageddon" (1998), "Pearl Harbor" (2001) and entries in the "Bad Boys" (1995-2003) and "Transformers" (2007-2017) series, have grossed over three billion dollars worldwide. He is co-founder of commercial production house The Institute, a.k.a. The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness; he is co-chair and part-owner of the special effects house Digital Domain; and he co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production company which has remade horror movies including "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (2003), "Friday the 13th" (2009) and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010).
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Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a film director and producer. He is best known for directing high-budget action films characterized by fast edits, polished visuals and substantial use of practical effects. His films, which include "The Rock" (1996), "Armageddon" (1998), "Pearl Harbor" (2001) and entries in the "Bad Boys" (1995-2003) and "Transformers" (2007-2017) series, have grossed over three billion dollars worldwide. He is co-founder of commercial production house The Institute, a.k.a. The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness; he is co-chair and part-owner of the special effects house Digital Domain; and he co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production company which has remade horror movies including "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (2003), "Friday the 13th" (2009) and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010).
Known For
Miami Vice
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Neighbors
Armageddon
Bad Boys II
Transformers
Transformers: Age of Extinction
6 Underground
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Coyote Ugly
Bad Boys for Life
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
Production Credits
Black Sails
Songbird
A Quiet Place
Ambulance
The Purge: Anarchy
Friday the 13th
Indecent Proposal
Transformers One
The Forever Purge
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Transformers: The Last Knight
I Am Number Four
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Last Ship
Bad Boys II
The Purge
Pearl Harbor
Bumblebee
The First Purge
A Quiet Place: Day One
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Transformers
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Amityville Horror
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
A Quiet Place Part II
6 Underground
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Apartment 7A
Transformers: Age of Extinction
The Purge: Election Year
Armageddon
The Rock
The Purge
Pain & Gain
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Ouija
Night Court
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Drop
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
I Am Yours
Bad Boys
Project Almanac
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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