Michael Bay

Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a film director and producer. He is best known for directing high-budget action films characterized by fast edits, polished visuals and substantial use of practical effects. His films, which include "The Rock" (1996), "Armageddon" (1998), "Pearl Harbor" (2001) and entries in the "Bad Boys" (1995-2003) and "Transformers" (2007-2017) series, have grossed over three billion dollars worldwide. He is co-founder of commercial production house The Institute, a.k.a. The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness; he is co-chair and part-owner of the special effects house Digital Domain; and he co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production company which has remade horror movies including "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (2003), "Friday the 13th" (2009) and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010).

Crew

Armageddon

(Director)

Armageddon

(Producer)

The Island

(Director)

The Island

(Producer)

Pearl Harbor

(Producer)

Pearl Harbor

(Director)

The Amityville Horror

(Producer)

Transformers

(Director)

Apartment 7A

(Producer)

A Nightmare on Elm Street

(Producer)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

(Director)

The Hitcher

(Producer)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

(Producer)

Bad Boys

(Director)

Bad Boys II

(Director)

The Rock

(Director)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

(Director)

I Am Number Four

(Producer)

Horsemen

(Producer)

Transformers: Age of Extinction

(Director)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

(Producer)

Pain & Gain

(Director)

Pain & Gain

(Producer)

The Purge

(Producer)

Project Almanac

(Producer)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

(Executive Producer)

The Unborn

(Producer)

The Purge: Anarchy

(Producer)

Ouija

(Producer)

Friday the 13th

(Producer)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

(Executive Producer)

Transformers

(Executive Producer)

Great White: My... My... My... the Video Collection

(Director)

Indecent Proposal

(Second Unit)

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

(Director)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

(Producer)

The Rising

(Producer)

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

(Producer)

The Caretaker

(Producer)

A Quiet Place: Day One

(Producer)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

(Producer)

Transformers: The Last Knight

(Director)

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

(Producer)

Raiders of the Lost Ark

(Production Intern)

The Purge: Election Year

(Producer)

Drop

(Producer)

Bumblebee

(Producer)

Wolf Night

(Producer)

I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)

(Director)

A Quiet Place

(Producer)

Transformers: The Last Knight

(Executive Producer)

Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie

(Producer)

Lure

(Producer)

Ouija: Origin of Evil

(Producer)

Transformers One

(Producer)

Transformers: Age of Extinction

(Executive Producer)

6 Underground

(Director)

Life on Mars

(Producer)

The First Purge

(Producer)

The Birds

(Producer)

I Am Yours

(Producer)

A Quiet Place Part II

(Producer)

6 Underground

(Producer)

Meet Jimmy

(Producer)

Inherit the Earth

(Producer)

The Forever Purge

(Producer)

Songbird

(Producer)

Ambulance

(Director)

Ambulance

(Producer)

Fast and Loose

(Director)

Untitled Skibidi Toilet Film

(Director)

The Last Ship

(Executive Producer)

Night Court

(Production Office Assistant)

Black Sails

(Executive Producer)

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

(Executive Producer)

The Purge

(Executive Producer)

Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior

(Executive Producer)

Billion Dollar Wreck

(Executive Producer)