Michael Bay
Directing
Born: February 17, 1965 (age 61) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action movies 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), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).
Known for
A Quiet Place
2018
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
Transformers
2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
The Purge
2013
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
Bad Boys for Life
2020
Armageddon
1998
A Quiet Place Part II
2021
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
Pearl Harbor
2001
Photos (7)
Movies (11)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Truck Passenger (uncredited)
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Porsche Driver
Armageddon
NASA Scientist (uncredited)
Bad Boys II
Crappy Car Driver
Bad Boys for Life
Wedding MC
Coyote Ugly
Photographer
6 Underground
Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited)
Transformers
Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited)
Mystery Men
Frat Boy
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
Sled Agent
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon
2012
TV Shows (4)
Self / Appearances (11)
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self · 1 eps
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Taff
self · 1 eps
A Man's Story
Self
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
Self
Evolution Within Extinction
Self
Armageddon: Target Earth
Self
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
Self
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
Self
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Self (archive footage)
Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'
Self
Upcoming (1)
Directing (19)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Director
Transformers: The Last Knight
Director
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Director
The Rock
Director
Bad Boys
Director
Armageddon
Director
Bad Boys II
Director
Pearl Harbor
Director
The Island
Director
Ambulance
Director
6 Underground
Director
Pain & Gain
Director
Transformers
Director
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Director
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Director
We Are Storror
Director
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
Director
Great White: My...My...My...
Director
A History of Protection
Director
Writing (1)
Producing (48)
The Last Ship
Executive Producer
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Executive Producer
Black Sails
Executive Producer
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Producer
A Quiet Place Part II
Producer
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Producer
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Executive Producer
A Quiet Place
Producer
Transformers: The Last Knight
Executive Producer
Transformers One
Producer
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Producer
A Quiet Place: Day One
Producer
Bumblebee
Producer
Armageddon
Producer
The Purge
Executive Producer
The Purge: Election Year
Producer
The Purge
Producer
Pearl Harbor
Producer
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Producer
The Island
Producer
The Purge: Anarchy
Producer
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Producer
The Forever Purge
Producer
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Producer
Friday the 13th
Producer
Ambulance
Producer
The First Purge
Producer
6 Underground
Producer
I Am Number Four
Producer
Pain & Gain
Producer
Drop
Producer
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Producer
The Amityville Horror
Producer
Project Almanac
Producer
Transformers
Executive Producer
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Producer
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Executive Producer
Ouija
Producer
The Unborn
Producer
The Hitcher
Producer
Songbird
Producer
Horsemen
Producer
Apartment 7A
Producer
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Executive Producer
Billion Dollar Wreck
Executive Producer
Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior
Executive Producer
We Are Storror
Producer
In The Blink Of An Eye
Consulting Producer
