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