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Filmography
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Known For
Armageddon Producer (1998) -
Transformers: Age of Extinction Producer (2014) -
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Producer (2009) -
Known For
The Rock Director (1996) -
Director
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13 Hours (2016) -
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Pain & Gain (2013) -
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Transformers (2007) -
The Island (2005) -
The Lionel Richie Collection (2003) -
Bad Boys II (2003) -
![Faith Hill: There You'll Be]( "Faith Hill: There You'll Be")
Faith Hill: There You'll Be (2001) -
![Pearl Harbor]( "Pearl Harbor")
Pearl Harbor (2001) -
![Armageddon]( "Armageddon")
Armageddon (1998) -
![Aerosmith: Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)]( "Aerosmith: Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)")
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![The Rock]( "The Rock")
The Rock (1996) -
![Diana King: Shy Guy - Color Version]( "Diana King: Shy Guy - Color Version")
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![Bad Boys]( "Bad Boys")
Bad Boys (1995) -
![Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show]( "Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show")
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![Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through]( "Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through")
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![Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)]( "Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)")
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![Wilson Phillips: You Won't See Me Cry]( "Wilson Phillips: You Won't See Me Cry")
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![Lionel Richie: Do It to Me]( "Lionel Richie: Do It to Me")
Lionel Richie: Do It to Me (1992) -
![Tina Turner: Love Thing]( "Tina Turner: Love Thing")
Tina Turner: Love Thing (1992) -
![Winger: Can't Get Enuff]( "Winger: Can't Get Enuff")
Winger: Can't Get Enuff (1991) -
![Divinyls: I Touch Myself]( "Divinyls: I Touch Myself")
Divinyls: I Touch Myself (1991) -
![Great White: My... My... My... the Video Collection]( "Great White: My... My... My... the Video Collection")
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![Tina Turner: Nutbush City Limits]( "Tina Turner: Nutbush City Limits")
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Great White: Congo Square (1991)
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Donny Osmond: Sure Lookin' (1991)
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Poco: Nothin' to Hide (1990)
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![Styx: Show Me the Way]( "Styx: Show Me the Way")
Styx: Show Me the Way (1990) -
Britny Fox: Dream On (1990)
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Tyler Collins: Second Chance (1990)
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![Slaughter: Up All Night]( "Slaughter: Up All Night")
Slaughter: Up All Night (1990) -
![Vanilla Ice: I Love You]( "Vanilla Ice: I Love You")
Vanilla Ice: I Love You (1990) -
![Play That Funky Music]( "Play That Funky Music")
Play That Funky Music (1990) -
![Playboy: Kerri Kendall - September 1990 Video Centerfold]( "Playboy: Kerri Kendall - September 1990 Video Centerfold")
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![Styx: Love Is the Ritual]( "Styx: Love Is the Ritual")
Styx: Love Is the Ritual (1990) -
![Chicago: Hearts in Trouble]( "Chicago: Hearts in Trouble")
Chicago: Hearts in Trouble (1990) -
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![Faster Pussycat: House of Pain]( "Faster Pussycat: House of Pain")
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![Seduction: Heartbeat]( "Seduction: Heartbeat")
Seduction: Heartbeat (1990) -
Donny Osmond: Sacred Emotion (1989)
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![Richard Marx: Angelia]( "Richard Marx: Angelia")
Richard Marx: Angelia (1989) -
DirectorPoco: Call It Love (1989)
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Producer
![Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan]( "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan")
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018-2019) -
![Bumblebee]( "Bumblebee")
Bumblebee (2018) -
![The Last Ship]( "The Last Ship")
The Last Ship (2014-2018) -
![The Purge]( "The Purge")
The Purge (2018) -
![The First Purge]( "The First Purge")
The First Purge (2018) -
![A Quiet Place]( "A Quiet Place")
A Quiet Place (2018) -
![Untitled Miami Project]( "Untitled Miami Project")
Untitled Miami Project (2017) -
![Horror at the Cecil Hotel]( "Horror at the Cecil Hotel")
Horror at the Cecil Hotel (2017) -
![Transformers: The Last Knight]( "Transformers: The Last Knight")
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![Black Sails]( "Black Sails")
Black Sails (2014-2017) -
![Ouija: Origin of Evil]( "Ouija: Origin of Evil")
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) -
![The Purge: Election Year]( "The Purge: Election Year")
The Purge: Election Year (2016) -
![Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows]( "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows")
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![Billion Dollar Wreck]( "Billion Dollar Wreck")
Billion Dollar Wreck (2016) -
![13 Hours]( "13 Hours")
13 Hours (2016) -
![Project Almanac]( "Project Almanac")
Project Almanac (2015) -
![Ouija]( "Ouija")
Ouija (2014) -
![Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]( "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles")
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) -
![The Purge: Anarchy]( "The Purge: Anarchy")
The Purge: Anarchy (2014) -
![Transformers: Age of Extinction]( "Transformers: Age of Extinction")
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![Pain & Gain: The A Game - Michael Bay's 'Pain & Gain']( "Pain & Gain: The A Game - Michael Bay's 'Pain & Gain'")
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Occult (2013)
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![The Purge]( "The Purge")
The Purge (2013) -
![Pain & Gain]( "Pain & Gain")
Pain & Gain (2013) -
![Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now]( "Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now")
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![Transformers: Dark of the Moon]( "Transformers: Dark of the Moon")
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![I Am Number Four]( "I Am Number Four")
I Am Number Four (2011) -
![A Nightmare on Elm Street]( "A Nightmare on Elm Street")
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) -
![Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]( "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen")
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![Friday the 13th]( "Friday the 13th")
Friday the 13th (2009) -
![Horsemen]( "Horsemen")
Horsemen (2009) -
![The Unborn]( "The Unborn")
The Unborn (2009) -
![From Script to Sand: The Skorponok Desert Attack]( "From Script to Sand: The Skorponok Desert Attack")
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![Their War]( "Their War")
Their War (2007) -
![Our World]( "Our World")
Our World (2007) -
![Transformers]( "Transformers")
Transformers (2007) -
![The Hitcher]( "The Hitcher")
The Hitcher (2007) -
![The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning]( "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning")
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![In the Blink of an Eye]( "In the Blink of an Eye")
In the Blink of an Eye (2005) -
![The Island]( "The Island")
The Island (2005) -
![The Amityville Horror]( "The Amityville Horror")
The Amityville Horror (2005) -
![The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]( "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre")
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) -
![Pearl Harbor]( "Pearl Harbor")
Pearl Harbor (2001) -
Producer
![Armageddon]( "Armageddon")
Armageddon (1998) -
Actor
![Transformers: Age of Extinction]( "Transformers: Age of Extinction")
Transformers: Age of Extinction Truck Passenger (2014) -
![The Neighbors]( "The Neighbors")
The Neighbors Michael Bay (2013) -
![Transformers]( "Transformers")
Transformers Guy Flicked by Megatron (2007) -
![Bad Boys II]( "Bad Boys II")
Bad Boys II Crappy Car Driver (2003) -
![Zigs]( "Zigs")
Zigs Extra (2001) -
![Coyote Ugly]( "Coyote Ugly")
Coyote Ugly Photographer (2000) -
![Mystery Men]( "Mystery Men")
Mystery Men Frat Boy (1999) -
![Armageddon]( "Armageddon")
Armageddon NASA Scientist (1998) -
![Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo]( "Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo")
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo Sled Agent (1986) -
Actor
![Miami Vice]( "Miami Vice")
Miami Vice Goon #3 (1986) -
Camera and Electrical Department
![Transformers: Age of Extinction]( "Transformers: Age of Extinction")
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![Transformers: Dark of the Moon]( "Transformers: Dark of the Moon")
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![Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]( "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen")
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![Transformers]( "Transformers")
Transformers (2007) -
![The Island]( "The Island")
The Island (2005) -
Camera and Electrical Department
![Bad Boys II]( "Bad Boys II")
Bad Boys II (2003) -
![Pearl Harbor]( "Pearl Harbor")
Pearl Harbor (2001) -
![The Rock]( "The Rock")
The Rock (1996) -
Miscellaneous Crew
![Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]( "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen")
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![Horsemen]( "Horsemen")
Horsemen (2009) -
![The Unborn]( "The Unborn")
The Unborn (2009) -
![Indecent Proposal]( "Indecent Proposal")
Indecent Proposal (1993) -
Miscellaneous Crew
![Night Court]( "Night Court")
Night Court (1984) -
![Raiders of the Lost Ark]( "Raiders of the Lost Ark")
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) -
Archive footage
![Celebrity Page]( "Celebrity Page")
Celebrity Page (2017) -
![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2016-2017) -
![The Whole Plate]( "The Whole Plate")
The Whole Plate (2017) -
![News Zero]( "News Zero")
News Zero (2012) -
Archive footageEspías en Hollywood (2010)
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Short Insanity 6 (2000)
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Music Department
![Bad Boys II]( "Bad Boys II")
Bad Boys II (2003)
All Filmography
Awards
8 wins & 14 nominations.Did You Know
Trivia
One of 20 prominent filmmakers to sign a letter in protest of Premium Video on Demand, which allows films to be streamed by home viewers at a cost of $30 only 60 days after the film's release in theaters.
Quotes
[on Transformers (2007)] Well, it's just, you know, listen, it's like...I didn't want to make the boxy characters, you know? Think about it, 30 feet in the air in the real world, just boxes, you know and it'd just look more fake, you know? And by ...
Trademark
Often uses lightflashes (i.e. lightbulbs and cameraflashes) to enhance scenes.
Star Sign
Aquarius
Personal Details
Born
Michael Benjamin Bay
Los Angeles, California, USA
Height:
6' 1" (1.85 m)User Polls
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