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