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