Michael Bay

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

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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 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).

Film	Credit
We Are Storror2025 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
A History of Protection2025 · Director	Director
Ambulance2022 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
6 Underground2019 · Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer	Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer
Transformers: The Last Knight2017 · Director	Director
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi2016 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Transformers: Age of Extinction2014 · Truck Passenger (uncredited), Director	Truck Passenger (uncredited), Director
Pain & Gain2013 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011 · Director	Director
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009 · Director	Director
Transformers2007 · Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited), Director	Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited), Director
The Island2005 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Bad Boys II2003 · Crappy Car Driver, Director	Crappy Car Driver, Director
Great White: My...My...My...2002 · Director	Director
Pearl Harbor2001 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Armageddon1998 · NASA Scientist (uncredited), Producer, Director	NASA Scientist (uncredited), Producer, Director
The Rock1996 · Director	Director
Bad Boys1995 · Director	Director
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)1993 · Director	Director
OOutRunDirector, Producer	Director, Producer
SSkibidi ToiletDirector, Producer	Director, Producer
UUntitled Transformers FilmDirector, Producer	Director, Producer
OOperation Epic FuryDirector, Producer	Director, Producer