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 88
Movies 79
Producer 52
self 15
Director 13
TV Shows 9
Untitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Sequel (2026)
Transformers One (2024)
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life (2023)
Ambulance (2022)
Theaters of War (2022)
The Forever Purge (2021)
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
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)
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Project Almanac (2015)
Ouija (2014)
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie (2014)
Evolution Within Extinction (2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
The Last Ship (2014)
Black Sails (2014)
The Purge (2013)
Pain & Gain (2013)
The Neighbors (2012)
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon (2012)
Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now (2012)
A Man's Story (2011)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
I Am Number Four (2011)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Friday the 13th (2009)
Horsemen (2009)
The Unborn (2009)
Transformers (2007)
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel (2007)
The Hitcher (2007)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
The Island (2005)
The Amityville Horror (2005)
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre (2004)
Bad Boys II (2003)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Journey to the Screen: The Making of 'Pearl Harbor' (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Coyote Ugly (2000)
Putting The Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys' (2000)
Mystery Men (1999)
Armageddon (1998)
Taff (1997)
The Rock (1996)
Bad Boys (1995)
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993)
Indecent Proposal (1993)
MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992)
Great White: My... My... My... the Video Collection (1991)
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo (1986)
Miami Vice (1984)
Night Court (1984)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Life on Mars
Duke Nukem
Wolf Night
Wolf Night
Drop
The Raid
Meet Jimmy
I Am Yours
The Caretaker
The Rising
Lure
Untitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Live Action Reboot
The Lionel Richie Collection
Robopocalypse
A Quiet Place Part III
Inherit the Earth
Apartment 7A
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GenderMale
Birthday1965-02-17 (59 years old)
Birth NameMichael Benjamin Bay
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
ReligionJudaism
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesMiami, United States of America
Also Known AsМайкл Бэй, 麥可·貝, マイケル・ベイ, 마이클 베이, مايكل بي, ไมเคิล เบย์
AwardsMichael Bay
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