Michael Bay

About

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. 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),...

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Miami ViceSeries • 1984Night CourtSeries • 1984The Last ShipSeries • 2014Raiders of the Lost ArkMovie • 1981Tom Clancy's Jack RyanSeries • 2018Black SailsSeries • 2014Transformers OneMovie • 2024Transformers: Rise of the BeastsMovie • 2023Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the ShadowsMovie • 2016A Quiet PlaceMovie • 2018The Forever PurgeMovie • 2021The Purge: Election YearMovie • 2016Bad Boys: Ride or DieMovie • 2024The Purge: AnarchyMovie • 2014The PurgeSeries • 2018Friday the 13thMovie • 2009Bad Boys for LifeMovie • 2020A Quiet Place: Day OneMovie • 2024The PurgeMovie • 2013Indecent ProposalMovie • 1993Transformers: The Last KnightMovie • 2017A Quiet Place Part IIMovie • 2021Transformers: Age of ExtinctionMovie • 2014Bad Boys IIMovie • 2003