Michael Bay
Known for: Directing
Born: February 17, 1965
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action movies 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), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).
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Filmography
90 movies · 13 TV shows, newest first
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A Quiet Place Part III
2027
6.3
Drop
2025
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We Are Storror
2025
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A History of Protection
2025
6.1
Apartment 7A
2024
8.0
Transformers One
2024
6.8
Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior
2024
6.6
A Quiet Place: Day One
2024
7.3
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
7.2
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023
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Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022
6.6
Ambulance
2022
6.9
The Forever Purge
2021
7.4
A Quiet Place Part II
2021
6.2
Songbird
2020
7.1
Bad Boys for Life
2020
6.3
6 Underground
2019
6.7
Bumblebee
2018
6.9
The Purge
2018
7.7
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
7.5
Konbini Vidéo Club
2018
6.0
The First Purge
2018
7.4
A Quiet Place
2018
6.1
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
6.2
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
6.4
The Purge: Election Year
2016
6.1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
4.7
Billion Dollar Wreck
2016
7.3
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016
6.8
Project Almanac
2015
5.1
Ouija
2014
7.7
Evolution Within Extinction
2014
5.9
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
6.6
The Purge: Anarchy
2014
6.0
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
6.9
The Last Ship
2014
7.6
Black Sails
2014
6.6
All Is Lost
2013
6.2
The Purge
2013
6.3
Pain & Gain
2013
6.3
The Neighbors
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Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now
2012
6.0
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon
2012
6.9
A Man's Story
2011
6.2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
6.2
I Am Number Four
2011
5.5
A Nightmare on Elm Street
2010
6.8
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
2009
6.2
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
5.8
Friday the 13th
2009
6.0
Horsemen
2009
5.2
The Unborn
2009
6.8
Transformers
2007
5.8
On the Lot
2007
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Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007
5.9
The Hitcher
2007
6.2
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006
10.0
In The Blink Of An Eye
2005
6.7
The Island
2005
6.1
The Amityville Horror
2005
8.0
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
2004
6.7
Bad Boys II
2003
6.3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003
5.7
Great White: My...My...My...
2002
6.9
Pearl Harbor
2001
6.3
Coyote Ugly
2000
7.5
Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'
2000
5.9
Mystery Men
1999
6.8
Armageddon
1998
9.0
Armageddon: Target Earth
1998
4.3
Taff
1997
7.2
The Rock
1996
6.8
Bad Boys
1995
7.2
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
1993
6.4
Indecent Proposal
1993
8.1
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
6.3
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986
7.4
Miami Vice
1984
7.3
Night Court
1984
7.9
Raiders of the Lost Ark
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The Rising
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Wolf Night
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Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
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Lure
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Life on Mars
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The Birds
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I Am Yours
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Meet Jimmy
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Inherit the Earth
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Big Rig
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OutRun
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Sponsor
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Skibidi Toilet
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Untitled Transformers Film
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Saturation Point
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Untitled The Purge Film
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Blink of an Eye
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Shredded
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The Caretaker
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Operation Epic Fury
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Untitled Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Continuation
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The Fisherman
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Detention
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