Michael Bay

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

We Are Storror
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★ 8.0
We Are Storror
2025 Director
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L.A Calling - Simones Hollywood Story
2025 Self
Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior
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★ 6.7
Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior
2024 Director
Ambulance
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★ 6.1
Ambulance
2022 Director
🎬
🎞️
★ 4.4
The Hype
2020 Actor Director
6 Underground
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★ 6.1
6 Underground
2019 Director
Transformers: The Last Knight
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★ 5.2
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017 Director
13 Hours
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★ 7.3
13 Hours
2016 Director
Transformers: Age of Extinction
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★ 5.6
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014 Director
Pain & Gain
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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
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
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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
A Man's Story
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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
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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★ 6.0
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009 Director
2009 MTV Movie Awards
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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
2008 MTV Movie Awards
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★ 6.0
2008 MTV Movie Awards
2008 Self
Transformers
🎞️
★ 7.1
Transformers
2007 Director
2007 MTV Movie Awards
🎞️
★ 5.3
2007 MTV Movie Awards
2007 Self
The Island
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★ 6.8
The Island
2005 Director
🎬
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Les Lions de Cannes 2004
2004 Director
Bad Boys II
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★ 6.6
Bad Boys II
2003 Director
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🎞️
★ 4.0
2002 ABC World Stunt Awards
2002 Self
Hollywood Salutes Nicolas Cage: An American Cinematheque Tribute
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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
Pearl Harbor
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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
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
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★ 4.7
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
2001 Self
Armageddon
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★ 6.7
Armageddon
1998 Director
Franky Goes to Hollywood
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★ 5.1
Franky Goes to Hollywood
1998 Self
The Rock
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★ 7.4
The Rock
1996 Director
Bad Boys
🎞️
★ 6.8
Bad Boys
1995 Director
🎬
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Time Salvager
Director
🎬
📺
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
Robopocalypse
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Robopocalypse
Director
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Black 5
Director