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Michael Bay

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Michael Bay

Born February 17, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA23 films

Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action movies with fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions. The films he has directed include Bad Boys (1995) and its sequel Bad Boys II (2003), The Rock (1996), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), the first five films in the Transformers film series, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), 6 Underground (2019), and Ambulance (2022). His films have grossed over US$7.8 billion worldwide, making him one of history's most commercially successful directors.

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He is co-founder of the production house the Institute and co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house that has remade horror films, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).

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Essential films

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Armageddon poster6.8Armageddon1998Pearl Harbor poster6.9Pearl Harbor2001The Rock poster7.2The Rock1996Bad Boys poster6.8Bad Boys199513 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi poster7.313 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi2016The Island poster6.7The Island2005Bad Boys II poster6.7Bad Boys II2003Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen poster6.2Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009

Filmography

23 films as director
  1. TBAOutRunDirector
  2. TBASkibidi ToiletDirector
  3. TBAUntitled Transformers FilmDirector
  4. TBAOperation Epic FuryDirector
  5. 2025We Are StorrorDirector
  6. 2025A History of ProtectionDirector
  7. 2022AmbulanceDirector
  8. 20196 UndergroundDirector
  9. 2017Transformers: The Last KnightDirector
  10. 201613 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of BenghaziDirector
  11. 2014Transformers: Age of ExtinctionDirector
  12. 2013Pain & GainDirector
  13. 2011Transformers: Dark of the MoonDirector
  14. 2009Transformers: Revenge of the FallenDirector
  15. 2007TransformersDirector
  16. 2005The IslandDirector
  17. 2003Bad Boys IIDirector
  18. 2002Great White: My...My...My...Director
  19. 2001Pearl HarborDirector
  20. 1998ArmageddonDirector
  21. 1996The RockDirector
  22. 1995Bad BoysDirector
  23. 1993I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)Director