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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).
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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
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
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
Production Credits
Armageddon
The Forever Purge
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Songbird
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
The Purge
Bad Boys
Ambulance
Pearl Harbor
The First Purge
Friday the 13th
Transformers One
I Am Yours
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Black Sails
Transformers: Age of Extinction
6 Underground
I Am Number Four
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Night Court
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Indecent Proposal
Project Almanac
Drop
A Quiet Place Part II
Apartment 7A
Bumblebee
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Transformers: The Last Knight
Ouija
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers
Pain & Gain
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
A Quiet Place
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
A Quiet Place: Day One
The Last Ship
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
The Purge
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bad Boys II
The Purge: Anarchy
The Rock
The Purge: Election Year
The Amityville Horror
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