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Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films 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. 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), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films 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. 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), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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
Bad Boys: Legacy
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
Production Credits
6 Underground
Pain & Gain
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Friday the 13th
A Quiet Place Part II
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
Ouija
The Purge
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Pearl Harbor
Armageddon
Ouija: Origin of Evil
The Amityville Horror
Night Court
The Forever Purge
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
The Last Ship
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
I Am Number Four
Drop
I Am Yours
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Black Sails
Transformers: The Last Knight
Songbird
Untitled live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
A Quiet Place Part III
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Bad Boys
Untitled Transformers Film
A Quiet Place
Transformers One
Bumblebee
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Untitled Skibidi Toilet Film
Project Almanac
Ambulance
Indecent Proposal
Apartment 7A
The Rock
The Purge
Transformers
The Purge: Anarchy
Bad Boys II
The First Purge
A Quiet Place: Day One
The Purge: Election Year
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