Michael Bay
b. 1965 (age 61)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Actor
Director
Michael Benjamin Bay is an American film director and producer. He is best known for directing high-budget action films characterized by fast edits, polished visuals and substantial use of practical effects. His films, which include The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and the Bad Boys and Transformers series, have grossed over three billion dollars world-wide. He is co-founder of commercial production house The Institute , a.k.a. The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness.He is co-chair and part-owner of the special effects house Digital Domain. He co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house which has remade horror movies including Friday the 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 8.0
We Are Storror
2025 Director
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L.A Calling - Simones Hollywood Story
2025 Self
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★ 6.7
Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior
2024 Director
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★ 6.1
Ambulance
2022 Director
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★ 4.4
The Hype
2020 Actor
Director
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★ 6.1
6 Underground
2019 Director
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★ 5.2
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017 Director
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★ 7.3
13 Hours
2016 Director
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★ 5.6
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014 Director
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★ 6.4
Pain & Gain
2013 Director
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★ 7.4
Making of Transformers the Ride
2012 Self
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The 2th Annual S.E.T. Awards
2012 Actor
Self- Winner
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★ 6.2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011 Director
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★ 7.6
Kenny Powers: The K-Swiss MFCEO
2011 Self
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★ 6.0
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - 35mm Special
2011 Self
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★ 1.0
33-y Moskovskiy mezhdunarodnyy kinofestival
2011 Self
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★ 6.1
A Man's Story
2010 Self
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★ 6.7
Victoria's Secret: A Night of A Thousand Fantasies
2010 Director
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★ 6.0
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009 Director
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★ 5.8
2009 MTV Movie Awards
2009 Self
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★ 6.7
Victoria's Secret: One Gift... A Thousand Fantasies
2009 Director
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★ 6.0
2008 MTV Movie Awards
2008 Self
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★ 7.1
Transformers
2007 Director
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★ 5.3
2007 MTV Movie Awards
2007 Self
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★ 6.8
The Island
2005 Director
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Les Lions de Cannes 2004
2004 Director
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★ 6.6
Bad Boys II
2003 Director
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★ 4.0
2002 ABC World Stunt Awards
2002 Self
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★ 6.0
Hollywood Salutes Nicolas Cage: An American Cinematheque Tribute
2002 Self
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The 54th Annual Directors Guild Awards
2002 Self
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★ 6.3
Pearl Harbor
2001 Director
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★ 4.4
Journey to the Screen: The Making of 'Pearl Harbor'
2001 Self
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★ 4.7
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
2001 Self
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★ 6.7
Armageddon
1998 Director
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★ 5.1
Franky Goes to Hollywood
1998 Self
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★ 7.4
The Rock
1996 Director
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★ 6.8
Bad Boys
1995 Director
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Time Salvager
Director
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Barbaric
Director
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Untitled Skibidi Toilet Movie
Director
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Operation Epic Fury
Director
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OutRun
Director
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Robopocalypse
Director
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Black 5
Director