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