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