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Michael Bay
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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As director
We Are Storror
Ambulance
6 Underground
Transformers: The Last Knight
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Pain & Gain
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers
The Island
Bad Boys II
Great White: My...My...My...
Pearl Harbor
Armageddon
The Rock
Bad Boys
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
OutRun
Skibidi Toilet
Untitled Transformers Film
Operation Epic Fury
As actor
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Bad Boys for Life
6 Underground
Evolution Within Extinction
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon
A Man's Story
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
Bad Boys II
Coyote Ugly
Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'
Mystery Men
Armageddon
Armageddon: Target Earth
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo