Michael Bay

Directing·Feb 17, 1965·Los Angeles, California, USA

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Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films 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), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
A Quiet Place Part III2027 · Producer	Producer
Drop2025 · Producer	Producer
We Are Storror2025 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
A History of Protection2025 · Director	Director
Apartment 7A2024 · Producer	Producer
Transformers One2024 · Producer	Producer
A Quiet Place: Day One2024 · Producer	Producer
Bad Boys: Ride or Die2024 · Porsche Driver	Porsche Driver
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts2023 · Producer	Producer
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life2022 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Ambulance2022 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Forever Purge2021 · Producer	Producer
A Quiet Place Part II2021 · Producer	Producer
Songbird2020 · Producer	Producer
Bad Boys for Life2020 · Wedding MC	Wedding MC
6 Underground2019 · Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer	Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer
Bumblebee2018 · Producer	Producer
The First Purge2018 · Producer	Producer
A Quiet Place2018 · Producer	Producer
Transformers: The Last Knight2017 · Director	Director
Ouija: Origin of Evil2016 · Producer	Producer
The Purge: Election Year2016 · Producer	Producer
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows2016 · Producer	Producer
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi2016 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Project Almanac2015 · Producer	Producer
Ouija2014 · Producer	Producer
Evolution Within Extinction2014 · Self	Self
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles2014 · Producer	Producer
The Purge: Anarchy2014 · Producer	Producer
Transformers: Age of Extinction2014 · Truck Passenger (uncredited), Director	Truck Passenger (uncredited), Director
The Purge2013 · Producer	Producer
Pain & Gain2013 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
UUncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now2012 · Self	Self
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon2012 · Actor	Actor
A Man's Story2011 · Self	Self
Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011 · Director	Director
I Am Number Four2011 · Producer	Producer
A Nightmare on Elm Street2010 · Producer	Producer
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen2009 · Self	Self
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009 · Director	Director
Friday the 13th2009 · Producer	Producer
Horsemen2009 · Producer	Producer
The Unborn2009 · Producer	Producer
Transformers2007 · Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited), Director	Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited), Director
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel2007 · Self	Self
The Hitcher2007 · Producer	Producer
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning2006 · Producer	Producer
The Island2005 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer