
Michael Bay
3 FOLLOWERS • 60 CREDITS • FEB 17, 1965 • 60
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).
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Production Credits

The Purge: Election Year

Transformers: Age of Extinction

The First Purge

The Purge

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Armageddon

Project Almanac

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Ouija: Origin of Evil

The Amityville Horror

Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie

I Am Yours

The Purge: Anarchy

Bad Boys II

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

The Forever Purge

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

I Am Number Four

A Quiet Place Part II

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Pearl Harbor

Friday the 13th

Ambulance

Indecent Proposal

Black Sails

Transformers: The Last Knight

A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Quiet Place

Bumblebee

Transformers One

The Last Ship

6 Underground

Apartment 7A

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Transformers

A Quiet Place: Day One

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Bad Boys

Songbird

The Purge

Night Court

Pain & Gain

The Rock

Ouija

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