Michael Bay
Directing
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.
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movieWe Are Storror
2025
Director
movieAmbulance
2022
Director
movie6 Underground
2019
Director
moviePain & Gain
2013
Director
movieTransformers
2007
Director
movieThe Island
2005
Director
movieBad Boys II
2003
Director
moviePearl Harbor
2001
Director
movieArmageddon
1998
Director
movieThe Rock
1996
Director
movieBad Boys
1995
Director
OutRun
Director
Production72
movieA Quiet Place Part III
2027
Producer
movieDrop
2025
Producer
movieWe Are Storror
2025
Producer
movieApartment 7A
2024
Producer
movieTransformers One
2024
Producer
tvBorn Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior
2024
Executive Producer
movieA Quiet Place: Day One
2024
Producer
movieAmbulance
2022
Producer
movieThe Forever Purge
2021
Producer
movieA Quiet Place Part II
2021
Producer
movieSongbird
2020
Producer
movie6 Underground
2019
Producer
movieBumblebee
2018
Producer
tvThe Purge
2018
Executive Producer
tvTom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
Executive Producer
movieThe First Purge
2018
Producer
movieA Quiet Place
2018
Producer
movieTransformers: The Last Knight
2017
Executive Producer
movieOuija: Origin of Evil
2016
Producer
tvBillion Dollar Wreck
2016
Executive Producer
movieProject Almanac
2015
Producer
movieOuija
2014
Producer
movieThe Purge: Anarchy
2014
Producer
movieTransformers: Age of Extinction
2014
Executive Producer
tvThe Last Ship
2014
Executive Producer
tvBlack Sails
2014
Executive Producer
movieThe Purge
2013
Producer
moviePain & Gain
2013
Producer
movieTransformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
Executive Producer
movieI Am Number Four
2011
Producer
movieTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
Executive Producer
movieFriday the 13th
2009
Producer
movieHorsemen
2009
Producer
movieThe Unborn
2009
Producer
movieTransformers
2007
Executive Producer
movieThe Hitcher
2007
Producer
movieIn The Blink Of An Eye
2005
Consulting Producer
movieThe Island
2005
Producer
movieThe Amityville Horror
2005
Producer
moviePearl Harbor
2001
Producer
movieArmageddon
1998
Producer
The Rising
Producer
Wolf Night
Producer
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
Producer
Lure
Producer
Life on Mars
Producer
The Birds
Producer
I Am Yours
Producer
Meet Jimmy
Producer
Big Rig
Producer
OutRun
Producer
Sponsor
Producer
Shredded
Producer
The Caretaker
Producer
The Fisherman
Producer
Detention
Producer
Acting25
movieBad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
Porsche Driver
movieMeat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieBad Boys for Life
2020
Wedding MC
movie6 Underground
2019
Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)
movieTransformers: Age of Extinction
2014
Truck Passenger (uncredited)
tvThe Neighbors
2012
Michael Bay
movieTransformers
2007
Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)
movieBad Boys II
2003
Crappy Car Driver
movieCoyote Ugly
2000
Photographer
movieMystery Men
1999
Frat Boy
movieArmageddon
1998
NASA Scientist (uncredited)
tvTaff
1997
self
tvMTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
Self / Self - Presenter
tvMiami Vice
1984
Goon #3
Crew4
movieAll Is Lost
2013
Thanks
movieIndecent Proposal
1993
Second Unit
tvNight Court
1984
Production Office Assistant
movieRaiders of the Lost Ark
1981
Production Intern
Writing1
tvEpic Rap Battles of History
2010
Characters