1965-02-1761 years, 8 months, and 18 days old
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Adult:
No
Gender:
Male
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).
Images Gallery
Best Credits: 26
| Title | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coyote Ugly | Photographer | 6.259 | 2000-07-30 | 7.4945 | ||
Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys' | Self | 7.5 | 2000-06-27 | 0.6888 | ||
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life | Self (archive footage) | 0 | 2022-09-20 | 1.139 | ||
A Man's Story | Self | 6.9 | 2011-10-08 | 1.1617 | ||
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo | Sled Agent | 6.3 | 1986-11-01 | 1.1428 | ||
Mystery Men | Frat Boy | 5.891 | 1999-08-06 | 3.6839 | ||
Transformers | Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited) | 6.853 | 2007-06-27 | 5.0602 | ||
Evolution Within Extinction | Self | 7.7 | 2014-09-30 | 0.9708 | ||
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen | Self | 6.8 | 2009-10-20 | 0.8326 | ||
Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now | Self | 0 | 2012-01-31 | 0.7105 |