Michael Bay
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Biography
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
Production Credits
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Transformers: The Last Knight
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Indecent Proposal
I Am Number Four
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Armageddon
The Purge
Black Sails
Songbird
Ouija
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
The Purge: Election Year
Apartment 7A
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Night Court
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The First Purge
A Quiet Place: Day One
Bad Boys II
A Quiet Place
A Quiet Place Part II
Transformers
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Bumblebee
The Amityville Horror
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Transformers One
6 Underground
The Purge
Project Almanac
Pain & Gain
The Forever Purge
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Bad Boys
Pearl Harbor
The Purge: Anarchy
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Rock
I Am Yours
The Last Ship
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Ambulance
Friday the 13th
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