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