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Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films with fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions. The films he has directed include Bad Boys (1995) and its sequel Bad Boys II (2003), The Rock (1996), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), the first five films in the Transformers film series, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), 6 Underground (2019), and Ambulance (2022). His films have grossed over US$7.8 billion worldwide, making him one of history's most commercially successful directors. He is co-founder of the production house the Institute and co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house that has remade horror films, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films with fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions. The films he has directed include Bad Boys (1995) and its sequel Bad Boys II (2003), The Rock (1996), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), the first five films in the Transformers film series, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), 6 Underground (2019), and Ambulance (2022). His films have grossed over US$7.8 billion worldwide, making him one of history's most commercially successful directors. He is co-founder of the production house the Institute and co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house that has remade horror films, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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
Bad Boys: Legacy
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
Production Credits
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Black Sails
Bumblebee
Ouija
Night Court
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Purge: Anarchy
I Am Number Four
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers: The Last Knight
Indecent Proposal
Bad Boys
Transformers
The Purge
Ouija: Origin of Evil
The Purge
Bad Boys II
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
6 Underground
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
The Last Ship
Songbird
A Quiet Place: Day One
I Am Yours
A Quiet Place Part II
The Forever Purge
Apartment 7A
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Pearl Harbor
The First Purge
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Project Almanac
Ambulance
The Amityville Horror
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Armageddon
Untitled Transformers Film
Friday the 13th
The Rock
A Quiet Place
The Purge: Election Year
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Transformers One
Drop
Pain & Gain
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