- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 17, 1965
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Filmography
movieA Quiet Place Part III
2027 · Producer
movieDrop
2025 · Producer
movieWe Are Storror
2025 · Director, Producer
movieApartment 7A
2024 · Producer
movieTransformers One
2024 · Producer
tvBorn Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior
2024 · Executive Producer
movieA Quiet Place: Day One
2024 · Producer
movieBad Boys: Ride or Die
2024 · Porsche Driver
movieTransformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023 · Producer
movieMeat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieAmbulance
2022 · Director, Producer
movieThe Forever Purge
2021 · Producer
movieA Quiet Place Part II
2021 · Producer
movieSongbird
2020 · Producer
movieBad Boys for Life
2020 · Wedding MC
movie6 Underground
2019 · Reporter #4 (voice) (uncredited), Director, Producer
movieBumblebee
2018 · Producer
tvThe Purge
2018 · Executive Producer
tvTom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018 · Executive Producer
movieThe First Purge
2018 · Producer
movieA Quiet Place
2018 · Producer
movieTransformers: The Last Knight
2017 · Director, Executive Producer
movieOuija: Origin of Evil
2016 · Producer
movieThe Purge: Election Year
2016 · Producer
movieTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016 · Producer
tvBillion Dollar Wreck
2016 · Executive Producer
movie13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016 · Director, Producer
movieProject Almanac
2015 · Producer
movieOuija
2014 · Producer
movieEvolution Within Extinction
2014 · Self
movieTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014 · Producer
movieThe Purge: Anarchy
2014 · Producer
movieTransformers: Age of Extinction
2014 · Truck Passenger (uncredited), Director, Executive Producer
tvThe Last Ship
2014 · Executive Producer
tvBlack Sails
2014 · Executive Producer
movieAll Is Lost
2013 · Thanks
movieThe Purge
2013 · Producer
moviePain & Gain
2013 · Producer, Director
tvThe Neighbors
2012 · Michael Bay
Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now
movieUncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now
2012 · Self
movieAbove and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon
2012
movieA Man's Story
2011 · Self
movieTransformers: Dark of the Moon
2011 · Director, Executive Producer
movieI Am Number Four
2011 · Producer
tvEpic Rap Battles of History
2010 · Characters
movieA Nightmare on Elm Street
2010 · Producer
movieThe Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
2009 · Self
movieTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009 · Director, Executive Producer
movieFriday the 13th
2009 · Producer
movieHorsemen
2009 · Producer
movieThe Unborn
2009 · Producer
movieTransformers
2007 · Guy Flicked by Megatron (uncredited), Director, Executive Producer
tvOn the Lot
2007
movieDown to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007 · Self
movieThe Hitcher
2007 · Producer
movieThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006 · Producer
movieIn The Blink Of An Eye
2005 · Consulting Producer
movieThe Island
2005 · Producer, Director
movieThe Amityville Horror
2005 · Producer
movieChainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
2004 · Self
movieBad Boys II
2003 · Crappy Car Driver, Director
movieThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003 · Producer
movieGreat White: My...My...My...
2002 · Director
moviePearl Harbor
2001 · Director, Producer
movieCoyote Ugly
2000 · Photographer
moviePutting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'
2000 · Self
movieMystery Men
1999 · Frat Boy
movieArmageddon
1998 · NASA Scientist (uncredited), Producer, Director
movieArmageddon: Target Earth
1998 · Self
tvTaff
1997 · self
movieThe Rock
1996 · Director
movieBad Boys
1995 · Director
movieI'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
1993 · Director
movieIndecent Proposal
1993 · Second Unit
tvMTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Self, Self - Presenter
movieVengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986 · Sled Agent
tvMiami Vice
1984 · Goon #3
tvNight Court
1984 · Production Office Assistant
movieRaiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Production Intern
The Rising
movieThe Rising
— · Producer
Wolf Night
movieWolf Night
— · Producer
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
movieUntitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
— · Producer
Lure
movieLure
— · Producer
Life on Mars
movieLife on Mars
— · Producer
The Birds
movieThe Birds
— · Producer
I Am Yours
movieI Am Yours
— · Producer
Meet Jimmy
movieMeet Jimmy
— · Producer
Inherit the Earth
movieInherit the Earth
— · Producer
Big Rig
movieBig Rig
— · Producer
OutRun
movieOutRun
— · Director, Producer
Sponsor
movieSponsor
— · Producer
Skibidi Toilet
movieSkibidi Toilet
— · Director, Producer
Untitled Transformers Film
movieUntitled Transformers Film
— · Director, Producer
Saturation Point
movieSaturation Point
— · Producer
Untitled The Purge Film
movieUntitled The Purge Film
— · Producer
Blink of an Eye
movieBlink of an Eye
— · Producer
Shredded
movieShredded
— · Producer
The Caretaker
movieThe Caretaker
— · Producer
Operation Epic Fury
movieOperation Epic Fury
— · Director, Producer
Untitled Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Sequel
movieUntitled Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Sequel
— · Producer
The Fisherman
movieThe Fisherman
— · Producer
Detention
movieDetention
— · Producer