
Michael Bay
3 FOLLOWERS • 59 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).
Known For
Production Credits

The Purge: Anarchy

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Night Court

I Am Yours

Transformers

I Am Number Four

Drop

Transformers: Age of Extinction

The Purge: Election Year

A Quiet Place

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

A Quiet Place: Day One

The Amityville Horror

Project Almanac

The Last Ship

Songbird

Transformers: The Last Knight

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

Bad Boys

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

The Rock

Transformers One

Apartment 7A

Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Ambulance

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The First Purge

Pearl Harbor

Friday the 13th

Armageddon

Bad Boys II

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

A Nightmare on Elm Street

The Purge

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

The Purge

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Pain & Gain

Ouija

Bumblebee

Indecent Proposal

6 Underground

The Forever Purge

A Quiet Place Part II

Black Sails
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