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Michael Bay
Michael Bay’s screen credits include director work on The Island, director work on Bad Boys II, and director work on Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Born February 17, 1965 Los Angeles, California, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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About Michael Bay
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), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).
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- 2027A Quiet Place Part IIIProducerUpcoming
- 2025DropProducer
- 2025We Are StorrorDirector · Producer
- 2025A History of ProtectionDirector
- 2024Apartment 7AProducer
- 2024Transformers OneProducer
- 2024A Quiet Place: Day OneProducer
- 2024Bad Boys: Ride or DiePorsche Driver
- 2023Transformers: Rise of the BeastsProducer
- 2022Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of LifeSelf (archive footage)
- 2022AmbulanceDirector · Producer
- 2021The Forever PurgeProducer
- 2021A Quiet Place Part IIProducer
- 2020SongbirdProducer
- 2020Bad Boys for LifeWedding MC
- 20196 UndergroundDirector · Producer · Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)
- 2018BumblebeeProducer
- 2018The First PurgeProducer
- 2018A Quiet PlaceProducer
- 2017Transformers: The Last KnightDirector · Producer
- 2016Ouija: Origin of EvilProducer
- 2016The Purge: Election YearProducer
- 2016Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the ShadowsProducer
- 201613 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of BenghaziDirector · Producer
- 2015Project AlmanacProducer
- 2014OuijaProducer
- 2014Evolution Within ExtinctionSelf
- 2014Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesProducer
- 2014The Purge: AnarchyProducer
- 2013The PurgeProducer
- 2013Pain & GainProducer · Director
- 2012Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the MoonActor
- 2012Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and NowSelf
- 2011A Man's StorySelf
- 2011Transformers: Dark of the MoonDirector · Producer
- 2011I Am Number FourProducer
- 2010A Nightmare on Elm StreetProducer
- 2009The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the FallenSelf
- 2009Transformers: Revenge of the FallenDirector · Producer
- 2009Friday the 13thProducer
- 2009HorsemenProducer
- 2009The UnbornProducer
- 2007TransformersDirector · Producer · Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)
- 2007Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a PrequelSelf
- 2007The HitcherProducer
- 2006The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The BeginningProducer
- 2005In The Blink Of An EyeProducer
- 2005The Amityville HorrorProducer
- 2004Chainsaw Redux: Making a MassacreSelf
- 2003The Texas Chainsaw MassacreProducer
- 2002Great White: My...My...My...Director
- 2001Pearl HarborDirector · Producer
- 2000Coyote UglyPhotographer
- 2000Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'Self
- 1999Mystery MenFrat Boy
- 1998ArmageddonProducer · Director · NASA Scientist (uncredited)
- 1998Armageddon: Target EarthSelf
- 1996The RockDirector
- 1995Bad BoysDirector
- 1993I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)Director
- 1986Vengeance: The Story of Tony CimoSled Agent
- Big RigProducer
- Blink of an EyeProducer
- DetentionProducer
- I Am YoursProducer
- Inherit the EarthProducer
- Life on MarsProducer
- LureProducer
- Meet JimmyProducer
- Operation Epic FuryDirector · Producer
- OutRunDirector · Producer
- Saturation PointProducer
- ShreddedProducer
- Skibidi ToiletDirector · Producer
- SponsorProducer
- The BirdsProducer
- The CaretakerProducer
- The FishermanProducer
- The RisingProducer
- Untitled The Purge FilmProducer
- Untitled Transformers FilmProducer
- Wolf NightProducer
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Brian Stepanek
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Ethan Phillips
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