Michael Bay

Michael Bay

  • Birthday: 1965-02-17
  • Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Also know as: Майкл Бэй

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).

Filmography

A Man's Story

2011

As Self

Bad Boys for Life

2020

As Wedding MC

Coyote Ugly

2000

As Photographer

Mystery Men

1999

As Frat Boy

6 Underground

2019

As Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014

As Truck Passenger (uncredited)

Transformers

2007

As Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)

Bad Boys II

2003

As Crappy Car Driver

Armageddon

1998

As NASA Scientist (uncredited)

Production

Indecent Proposal

1993

As Second Unit

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

As Production Intern

Armageddon

1998

As Director

Pearl Harbor

2001

As Director

The Island

2005

As Director

Transformers

2007

As Director

Bad Boys II

2003

As Director

Bad Boys

1995

As Director

The Rock

1996

As Director

Pain & Gain

2013

As Director

6 Underground

2019

As Director

Ambulance

2022

As Director

Armageddon

1998

As Producer

Pearl Harbor

2001

As Producer

The Island

2005

As Producer

The Amityville Horror

2005

As Producer

A Nightmare on Elm Street

2010

As Producer

The Hitcher

2007

As Producer

I Am Number Four

2011

As Producer

Horsemen

2009

As Producer

Pain & Gain

2013

As Producer

The Purge

2013

As Producer

Project Almanac

2015

As Producer

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

2011

As Executive Producer

The Unborn

2009

As Producer

The Purge: Anarchy

2014

As Producer

Ouija

2014

As Producer

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009

As Executive Producer

Transformers

2007

As Executive Producer

Friday the 13th

2009

As Producer

The Rising

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As Producer

The Purge: Election Year

2016

As Producer

Bumblebee

2018

As Producer

A Quiet Place

2018

As Producer

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

As Executive Producer

Ouija: Origin of Evil

2016

As Producer

Life on Mars

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As Producer

The First Purge

2018

As Producer

I Am Yours

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As Producer

6 Underground

2019

As Producer

A Quiet Place Part II

2021

As Producer

Meet Jimmy

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As Producer

Inherit the Earth

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As Producer

The Forever Purge

2021

As Producer

Songbird

2020

As Producer

Ambulance

2022

As Producer

Apartment 7A

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As Producer

The Raid

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As Producer

A Quiet Place Part III

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As Producer

The Caretaker

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As Producer

A Quiet Place: Day One

2024

As Producer

Lure

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As Producer

Transformers One

2024

As Producer

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014

As Executive Producer

Drop

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As Producer

Wolf Night

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As Producer

Wolf Night

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As Producer

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