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Michael Bay

Michael Bay

Director · b. 1965 · 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).

Movies19

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    Bad Boys: Ride or Die

    2024 · 3.5K votes

  • Movie6.7

    Bad Boys II

    2003 · 6.1K votes

  • Movie7.1

    Bad Boys for Life

    2020 · 8.9K votes

  • Movie6.8

    Armageddon

    1998 · 8.8K votes

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    6 Underground

    2019 · 5.3K votes

  • Movie6.3

    Coyote Ugly

    2000 · 2.3K votes

  • Movie6.8

    Transformers

    2007 · 12K votes

  • Movie5.9

    Mystery Men

    1999 · 950 votes

  • Movie6.9

    A Man's Story

    2011 · 8 votes

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  • Movie
  • Movie8.0
  • Movie
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  • Movie6.3
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  • TV7.4

    Miami Vice

    1984 · 541 votes

  • TV4.3

    Taff

    1997 · 6 votes

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    MTV Movie & TV Awards

    1992 · 13 votes

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    The Neighbors

    2012 · 86 votes

  • TV5.8

    On the Lot

    2007 · 3 votes