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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • Born17 February 1965 (age 60)
  • Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA

Michael Bay

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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Known ForProduction
  • Born17 February 1965 (age 60)
  • Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA
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Drop
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We Are Storror
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2025
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Apartment 7A
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2024
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A Quiet Place: Day One
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6.72
2024
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Transformers One
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8.073
2024
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
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7.378
2024
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Bad Boys: Legacy
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6.0
2024
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
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7.2
2023
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Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
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2023
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Ambulance
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6.65
2022
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A Quiet Place Part II
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7.468
2021
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The Forever Purge
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6.915
2021
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Songbird
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6.201
2020
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Bad Boys for Life
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7.132
2020
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6 Underground
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6.347
2019
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Bumblebee
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6.723
2018
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A Quiet Place
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7.399
2018
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The First Purge
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6.002
2018
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Transformers: The Last Knight
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6.058
2017
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
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7.272
2016
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
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6.044
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The Purge: Election Year
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6.383
2016
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Ouija: Origin of Evil
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6.141
2016
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Project Almanac
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6.787
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Transformers: Age of Extinction
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5.945
2014
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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5.921
2014
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The Purge: Anarchy
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6.631
2014
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Ouija
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5.147
2014
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Evolution Within Extinction
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7.667
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T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
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Pain & Gain
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6.279
2013
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The Purge
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2013
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Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now
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2012
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Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon
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6.0
2012
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon
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2011
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I Am Number Four
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6.181
2011
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A Man's Story
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6.9
2011
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
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5.524
2010
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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6.203
2009
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Horsemen
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2009
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The Unborn
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5.167
2009
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Friday the 13th
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5.762
2009
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The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
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6.8
2009
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Transformers
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6.817
2007
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The Hitcher
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5.864
2007
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Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
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2007
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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6.2
2006
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The Island
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6.68
2005
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The Amityville Horror
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6.1
2005
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Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
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6.0
2004
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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6.29
2003
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Bad Boys II
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6.65
2003
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Great White: My...My...My...
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3.5
2002
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Pearl Harbor
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6.937
2001
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Coyote Ugly
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6.264
2000
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Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'
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6.0
2000
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Mystery Men
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5.821
1999
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Armageddon
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6.839
1998
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Armageddon: Target Earth
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1998
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The Rock
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7.136
1996
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Bad Boys
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6.821
1995
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I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
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7.0
1993
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Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
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5.971
1986