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Michael Bay
Producer, Director, ActorBorn February 17, 1965 (61 years)
Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films 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), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).
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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), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).
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| 2024 | Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2018 | The Purge (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2017 | Horror at the Cecil Hotel (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight · as Executive Producer |
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| 2016 | Billion Dollar Wreck (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2015 | Occult · as Executive Producer |
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| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | The Last Ship (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Black Sails (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | The A-Game: Michael Bay's 'Pain & Gain' · as Executive Producer |
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| 2012 | Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon · as Executive Producer |
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| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen · as Executive Producer |
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| 2007 | Our World · as Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Transformers · as Executive Producer |
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| 2007 | Their War · as Executive Producer |
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| 2005 | In the Blink of an Eye · as Consulting Producer |
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