Biography
Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a 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" (1996), "Armageddon" (1998), "Pearl Harbor" (2001) and entries in the "Bad Boys" (1995-2003) and "Transformers" (2007-2017) series, have grossed over three billion dollars worldwide. 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; and he co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production company which has remade horror movies including "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (2003), "Friday the 13th" (2009) and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010).
Filmography
all 91
Movies 80
Producer 57
self 17
TV Shows 11
Director 8

Drop (2025)

Apartment 7A (2024)

Transformers One (2024)

Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior (2024)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)

Ambulance (2022)

Songbird (2020)

Bad Boys for Life (2020)

6 Underground (2019)

Bumblebee (2018)

The Purge (2018)

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)

The First Purge (2018)

A Quiet Place (2018)

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

Billion Dollar Wreck (2016)

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

Project Almanac (2015)

Ouija (2014)

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

The Last Ship (2014)

Black Sails (2014)

The Purge (2013)

Pain & Gain (2013)

The Neighbors (2012)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

I Am Number Four (2011)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Friday the 13th (2009)

Horsemen (2009)

The Unborn (2009)

Transformers (2007)

The Hitcher (2007)

The Island (2005)

Bad Boys II (2003)

Pearl Harbor (2001)

Coyote Ugly (2000)

Mystery Men (1999)

Armageddon (1998)

Taff (1997)

The Rock (1996)

Bad Boys (1995)

Indecent Proposal (1993)

MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992)

Night Court (1984)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Fast and Loose

Life on Mars

The Birds

The Caretaker

The Rising

Duke Nukem

Wolf Night

Meet Jimmy

I Am Yours

Lure

Robopocalypse

Inherit the Earth
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Known ForProduction
GenderMale
Birthday1965-02-17 (60 years old)
Birth NameMichael Benjamin Bay
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States
ReligionJudaism
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesMiami, United States of America
Also Known AsМайкл Бэй, 麥可·貝, マイケル・ベイ, 마이클 베이, مايكل بي, ไมเคิล เบย์, Michael Benjamin Bay
AwardsMichael Bay
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