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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 fuboTVMGM+ Amazon ChannelParamount Plus Premium +14 Producer
Transformers One 2024Movie Amazon Prime VideofuboTVMGM+ Amazon Channel +14 Producer
Friday the 13th 2009Movie HBO Max Amazon ChannelHBO MaxAmazon Video +4 Producer
Transformers: Age of Extinction 2014Movie Paramount Plus PremiumParamount Plus EssentialParamount+ Amazon Channel +12 Director
The Purge 2013Movie Amazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumAmazon Prime Video with Ads +6 Producer
The Forever Purge 2021Movie Peacock PremiumYouTube TVPeacock Premium Plus +7 Producer
A Quiet Place Part II 2021Movie NetflixParamount Plus PremiumParamount Plus Essential +11 Producer
The Purge: Anarchy 2014Movie Amazon Prime VideoAmazon Prime Video with AdsYouTube Free +5 Producer
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014Movie Paramount Plus PremiumParamount Plus EssentialParamount+ Amazon Channel +6 Producer
The Island 2005Movie Paramount Plus PremiumParamount Plus EssentialKanopy +8 Director, Producer
Pearl Harbor 2001Movie NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsAmazon Video +4 Director, Producer
Bad Boys for Life 2020Movie HulufuboTVYouTube TV +7 as Wedding MC
Bad Boys II 2003Movie YouTube TVTubi TVAmazon Video +5 Director
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 2016Movie YouTube FreeAmazon VideoApple TV Store +4 Director, Producer
Transformers: The Last Knight 2017Movie Amazon Prime VideofuboTVMGM+ Amazon Channel +12 Director
A Quiet Place: Day One 2024Movie NetflixAmazon Prime VideoMGM+ Amazon Channel +13 Producer
I Am Number Four 2011Movie Amazon VideoApple TV StoreGoogle Play Movies +2 Producer
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010Movie HBO Max Amazon ChannelPhiloAMC+ Amazon Channel +8 Producer
Armageddon 1998Movie YouTube TVAmazon VideoApple TV Store +3 Director, Producer
6 Underground 2019Movie NetflixNetflix Standard with Ads Director, Producer
The Rock 1996Movie Peacock PremiumYouTube TVPeacock Premium Plus +3 Director
The Purge: Election Year 2016Movie Amazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumAmazon Prime Video with Ads +6 Producer
The First Purge 2018Movie Peacock PremiumPeacock Premium PlusAmazon Video +4 Producer
Pain & Gain 2013Movie Paramount Plus PremiumParamount Plus EssentialPhilo +11 Director, Producer
Bad Boys 1995Movie YouTube TVTubi TVAmazon Video +6 Director
Bumblebee 2018Movie Paramount Plus PremiumParamount Plus EssentialParamount+ Amazon Channel +10 Producer
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003Movie PhiloAMC+ Amazon ChannelAMC+ Roku Premium Channel +6 Producer
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 2016Movie Paramount Plus PremiumParamount Plus EssentialParamount+ Amazon Channel +7 Producer
Ouija: Origin of Evil 2016Movie NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsAmazon Video +4 Producer
The Amityville Horror 2005Movie Amazon Prime VideoPhiloAMC Plus Apple TV channel +11 Producer
Ambulance 2022Movie NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsAmazon Video +4 Director, Producer
Drop 2025Movie Amazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumAmazon Prime Video with Ads +7 Producer
The Unborn 2009Movie Amazon VideoApple TV StoreGoogle Play Movies +2 Producer
Coyote Ugly 2000Movie YouTube TVAmazon VideoApple TV Store +3 as Photographer
Songbird 2020Movie MovieSphere+ Amazon ChannelHooplaThe Roku Channel +7 Producer
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning 2006Movie Amazon VideoApple TV StoreGoogle Play Movies +3 Producer
The Hitcher 2007Movie Amazon VideoApple TV StoreGoogle Play Movies +2 Producer
Project Almanac 2015Movie fuboTVMGM+ Amazon ChannelPhilo +8 Producer
Ouija 2014Movie NetflixNetflix Standard with AdsAmazon Video +4 Producer
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009Movie Paramount Plus PremiumParamount Plus EssentialParamount+ Amazon Channel +12 Director
Apartment 7A 2024Movie Paramount Plus PremiumParamount Plus EssentialParamount+ Amazon Channel +6 Producer
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011Movie Paramount Plus PremiumParamount Plus EssentialParamount+ Amazon Channel +11 Director
Transformers 2007Movie Paramount Plus PremiumParamount Plus EssentialParamount+ Amazon Channel +12 Director
Horsemen 2009Movie MovieSphere+ Amazon ChannelHooplaThe Roku Channel +6 Producer
A Quiet Place Part III 2027Movie Producer
A Man's Story 2011Movie HooplaAmazon VideoGoogle Play Movies +2 as Self