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