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