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