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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Credits
- 2024 · Bad Boys: Legacy as Self
- 2024 · Bad Boys: Ride or Die as Porsche Driver
- 2023 · Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
- 2020 · Bad Boys for Life as Wedding MC
- 2019 · 6 Underground as Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)
- 2014 · Evolution Within Extinction as Self
- 2014 · T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie as Self
- 2014 · Transformers: Age of Extinction as Truck Passenger (uncredited)
- 2012 · The Neighbors as Michael Bay
- 2012 · Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon as
- 2012 · Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now as Self
- 2011 · A Man's Story as Self
- 2009 · The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen as Self
- 2007 · Transformers as Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)
- 2007 · On the Lot as
- 2007 · Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel as Himself
- 2004 · Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre as Himself
- 2003 · Bad Boys II as Crappy Car Driver
- 2000 · Coyote Ugly as Photographer
- 2000 · Putting The Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys' as Self
- 1999 · Mystery Men as Frat Boy
- 1998 · Armageddon as NASA Scientist (uncredited)
- 1998 · Armageddon: Target Earth as Self
- 1997 · Taff as self
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1986 · Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo as Sled Agent
- 1984 · Miami Vice as