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Michael Bay

Known for: Directing

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).

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A Quiet Place 2018Movie Producer

The Forever Purge 2021Movie Producer

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 2016Movie Producer

ដែនដីគ្មានសម្លេង: ថ្ងៃទីមួយ 2024Movie Producer

The Purge: Anarchy 2014Movie Producer

The Purge 2013Movie Producer

The Purge: Election Year 2016Movie Producer

Friday the 13th 2009Movie Producer

The Island 2005Movie Director, Producer

6 Underground 2019Movie Director, Producer

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 2016Movie Director, Producer

Pearl Harbor 2001Movie Director, Producer

A Quiet Place Part II 2021Movie Producer

ប៊េដ ប៊យស៍ ជារៀងរហូត 2020Movie as Wedding MC

ត្រេនស៍ហ្វមើរស៍: យុគសម័យផុតពូជ 2014Movie Director

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014Movie Producer

ត្រេនស៍ហ្វមើរស៍: អ្នកប្រយុទ្ធចុងក្រោយ 2017Movie Director

I Am Number Four 2011Movie Producer

ប៊េដ ប៊យស៍ 2 2003Movie Director

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010Movie Producer

Armageddon 1998Movie Director, Producer

The Hitcher 2007Movie Producer

ប៊េដ ប៊យស៍ 1995Movie Director

The First Purge 2018Movie Producer

Pain & Gain 2013Movie Director, Producer

The Rock 1996Movie Director

វាលមរណៈតិចសាស់ 2003Movie Producer

ត្រេនស៍ហ្វមើរស៍ 2007Movie Director

Songbird 2020Movie Producer

ត្រេនស៍ហ្វមើរស៍: សង្គ្រាមសងសឹកដ៏មហិមារ 2009Movie Director

Ouija: Origin of Evil 2016Movie Producer

The Amityville Horror 2005Movie Producer

ប៊ុមប៊លប៊ី 2018Movie Producer

Coyote Ugly 2000Movie as Photographer

The Unborn 2009Movie Producer

Ambulance 2022Movie Director, Producer

ត្រេនស៍ហ្វមើរស៍: ភាពងងឹតនៃដួងចន្ទ 2011Movie Director

ដើមកំណើតវាលមរណៈតិចសាស់ 2006Movie Producer

Project Almanac 2015Movie Producer

Ouija 2014Movie Producer

Drop 2025Movie Producer

Apartment 7A 2024Movie Producer

Horsemen 2009Movie Producer

A Quiet Place Part III 2027Movie Producer

A Man's Story 2011Movie as Self