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