Directing
Michael Bay
EN cinema · 88 credits
Born
17 February 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Michael Benjamin 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).
Known for
Filmography
The Rising
The Rising
Producer
Wolf Night
Wolf Night
Producer
Lure
Lure
Producer
The Birds
The Birds
Producer
I Am Yours
I Am Yours
Producer
Meet Jimmy
Meet Jimmy
Producer
Big Rig
Big Rig
Producer
OutRun
Director, Producer
Sponsor
Sponsor
Producer
Skibidi Toilet
Skibidi Toilet
Director, Producer
Shredded
Shredded
Producer
Operation Epic Fury
Operation Epic Fury
Director, Producer
Detention
Detention
Producer
Drop
Producer
We Are Storror
Director, Producer
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
as Porsche Driver
Apartment 7A
Producer
Transformers One
Producer
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
as Self (archive footage)
Ambulance
Director, Producer
The Forever Purge
Producer
Bad Boys for Life
as Wedding MC
Songbird
Producer
6 Underground
as Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer
Bumblebee
Producer
A Quiet Place
Producer
The First Purge
Producer
Transformers: The Last Knight
Director, Executive Producer
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Director, Producer
Project Almanac
Producer
Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Truck Passenger (uncredited), Director, Executive Producer
The Purge: Anarchy
Producer
Ouija
Producer
Pain & Gain
Producer, Director
The Purge
Producer
All Is Lost
Thanks
A Man's Story
as Self
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Director, Executive Producer
I Am Number Four
Producer
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Director, Executive Producer
Horsemen
Producer
The Unborn
Producer
Friday the 13th
Producer
Transformers
as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited), Director, Executive Producer
The Hitcher
Producer
The Island
Producer, Director
In The Blink Of An Eye
Consulting Producer
Bad Boys II
as Crappy Car Driver, Director
Pearl Harbor
Director, Producer
Coyote Ugly
as Photographer
Mystery Men
as Frat Boy
Armageddon
as NASA Scientist (uncredited), Producer, Director
The Rock
Director
Bad Boys
Director
Indecent Proposal
Second Unit
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
as Sled Agent
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Production Intern