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