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