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Michael Bay

Producer · Director

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1965Born, Los Angeles
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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…

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A Quiet PlaceProducer
Raiders of the Lost ArkProduction Intern
TransformersGuy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)
Transformers: Revenge of the FallenDirector
Transformers: Dark of the MoonDirector
2025DropProducerMovie
2025We Are StorrorDirector · ProducerMovie
2025A History of ProtectionDirectorMovie
2024Apartment 7AProducerMovie
2024Transformers OneProducerMovie
2024Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the SaviorExecutive Producer · 5 episodesShow
2024A Quiet Place: Day OneProducerMovie
2024Bad Boys: Ride or DiePorsche DriverMovie
2023Transformers: Rise of the BeastsProducerMovie
2022AmbulanceDirector · ProducerMovie
2021The Forever PurgeProducerMovie
2021A Quiet Place Part IIProducerMovie
2020SongbirdProducerMovie
2020Bad Boys for LifeWedding MCMovie
20196 UndergroundReporter #4 (voice) (uncredited) · Director · ProducerMovie
2018BumblebeeProducerMovie
2018The PurgeExecutive Producer · 20 episodesShow
2018Tom Clancy's Jack RyanExecutive Producer · 30 episodesShow
2018The First PurgeProducerMovie
2017Transformers: The Last KnightDirector · Executive ProducerMovie
2016Ouija: Origin of EvilProducerMovie
2016The Purge: Election YearProducerMovie
2016Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the ShadowsProducerMovie
2016Billion Dollar WreckExecutive Producer · 9 episodesShow
201613 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of BenghaziDirector · ProducerMovie
2015Project AlmanacProducerMovie
2014OuijaProducerMovie
2014Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesProducerMovie
2014The Purge: AnarchyProducerMovie
2014Transformers: Age of ExtinctionTruck Passenger (uncredited) · Director · Executive ProducerMovie
2014Black SailsExecutive Producer · 38 episodesShow
2013All Is LostThanksMovie
2013The PurgeProducerMovie
2013Pain & GainDirector · ProducerMovie
2012The NeighborsMichael Bay · 1 episodeShow
2012Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the MoonMovie
2011Transformers: Dark of the MoonDirector · Executive ProducerMovie
2011I Am Number FourProducerMovie
2010A Nightmare on Elm StreetProducerMovie
2009Transformers: Revenge of the FallenDirector · Executive ProducerMovie
2009Friday the 13thProducerMovie
2009HorsemenProducerMovie
2009The UnbornProducerMovie
2007TransformersGuy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited) · Director · Executive ProducerMovie
2007The HitcherProducerMovie
2006The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The BeginningProducerMovie
2005In The Blink Of An EyeConsulting ProducerMovie
2005The IslandDirector · ProducerMovie
2005The Amityville HorrorProducerMovie
2003The Texas Chainsaw MassacreProducerMovie
2003Bad Boys IICrappy Car Driver · DirectorMovie
2002Great White: My...My...My...DirectorMovie
2001Pearl HarborProducer · DirectorMovie
2000Coyote UglyPhotographerMovie
1999Mystery MenFrat BoyMovie
1998ArmageddonNASA Scientist (uncredited) · Director · ProducerMovie
1996The RockDirectorMovie
1995Bad BoysDirectorMovie
1993I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)DirectorMovie
1993Indecent ProposalSecond UnitMovie
1986Vengeance: The Story of Tony CimoSled AgentMovie
1984Miami ViceGoon #3 · 1 episodeShow
1984Night CourtProduction Office Assistant · 13 episodesShow
1981Raiders of the Lost ArkProduction InternMovie

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