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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
Transformers Producer (2007) -
Director
Ambulance (2022) -
6 Underground (2019) -
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13 Hours (2016) -
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Pain & Gain (2013) -
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Transformers (2007)
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The Island (2005) -
![The Lionel Richie Collection]( "The Lionel Richie Collection")
The Lionel Richie Collection (2003) -
![Bad Boys II]( "Bad Boys II")
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 (Bad Boys Version)]( "Diana King: Shy Guy (Bad Boys 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: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are]( "Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are")
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![Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through]( "Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through")
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Got Milk: Aaron Burr (1993)
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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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![Great White: Call It Rock 'N Roll]( "Great White: Call It Rock 'N Roll")
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![Young M.C.: That's the Way Love Goes]( "Young M.C.: That's the Way Love Goes")
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![Tina Turner: Nutbush City Limits]( "Tina Turner: Nutbush City Limits")
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![House of Lords: Remember My Name]( "House of Lords: Remember My Name")
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![Great White: Congo Square]( "Great White: Congo Square")
Great White: Congo Square (1991) -
![Donny Osmond: Sure Lookin']( "Donny Osmond: Sure Lookin'")
Donny Osmond: Sure Lookin' (1991) -
![Poco: Nothin' to Hide]( "Poco: Nothin' to Hide")
Poco: Nothin' to Hide (1990) -
![Styx: Show Me the Way]( "Styx: Show Me the Way")
Styx: Show Me the Way (1990) -
![Britny Fox: Dream On]( "Britny Fox: Dream On")
Britny Fox: Dream On (1990) -
![Louie Louie: Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury]( "Louie Louie: Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury")
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![Tyler Collins: Second Chance]( "Tyler Collins: Second Chance")
Tyler Collins: Second Chance (1990) -
![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) -
![Donny Osmond: My Love Is a Fire]( "Donny Osmond: My Love Is a Fire")
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![The Neville Brothers: Bird on a Wire]( "The Neville Brothers: Bird on a Wire")
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![Colin James: Keep on Lovin Me Baby]( "Colin James: Keep on Lovin Me Baby")
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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]( "Donny Osmond: Sacred Emotion")
Donny Osmond: Sacred Emotion (1989) -
![Gregg Allman: I'll Be Holding On]( "Gregg Allman: I'll Be Holding On")
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![Tyler Collins: Whatcha Gonna Do?]( "Tyler Collins: Whatcha Gonna Do?")
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![Richard Marx: Angelia]( "Richard Marx: Angelia")
Richard Marx: Angelia (1989) -
Director
![Poco: Call It Love]( "Poco: Call It Love")
Poco: Call It Love (1989) -
Producer
![Ambulance]( "Ambulance")
Ambulance (2022) -
![The Forever Purge]( "The Forever Purge")
The Forever Purge (2021) -
![Songbird]( "Songbird")
Songbird (2020) -
![A Quiet Place Part II]( "A Quiet Place Part II")
A Quiet Place Part II (2020) -
![The Purge]( "The Purge")
The Purge (2018-2019) -
![6 Underground]( "6 Underground")
6 Underground (2019) -
![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 First Purge]( "The First Purge")
The First Purge (2018) -
![A Quiet Place]( "A Quiet Place")
A Quiet Place (2018) -
![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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![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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![Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon]( "Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon")
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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) -
![Armageddon]( "Armageddon")
Armageddon (1998) -
Producer
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Actor
![Bad Boys for Life]( "Bad Boys for Life")
Bad Boys for Life Wedding MC (2020) -
![6 Underground]( "6 Underground")
6 Underground Reporter #4 (2019) -
![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) -
Writer
![Colin James: Keep on Lovin Me Baby]( "Colin James: Keep on Lovin Me Baby")
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Camera and Electrical Department
![6 Underground]( "6 Underground")
6 Underground (2019) -
![13 Hours]( "13 Hours")
13 Hours (2016) -
![Transformers: Age of Extinction]( "Transformers: Age of Extinction")
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![Pain & Gain]( "Pain & Gain")
Pain & Gain (2013) -
![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) -
Archive footage
![The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition]( "The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition")
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![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2016-2020) -
![Celebrity Page]( "Celebrity Page")
Celebrity Page (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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Additional Crew
![Horsemen]( "Horsemen")
Horsemen (2009) -
![The Unborn]( "The Unborn")
The Unborn (2009) -
![Indecent Proposal]( "Indecent Proposal")
Indecent Proposal (1993) -
Additional Crew
![Night Court]( "Night Court")
Night Court (1984) -
![Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark]( "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark")
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Script and Continuity Department
![Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]( "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen")
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Music Department
![Bad Boys II]( "Bad Boys II")
Bad Boys II (2003)
All Filmography
Videos
Awards
9 wins & 19 nominations.Did You Know
Trivia
Filmed the movie Armageddon (1998) with an eye towards Middle America. Has a love for Americana.
Quotes
To tell the truth, shooting action bores me now. But the audience has grown to like what I do and expect visually stimulating excitement. Staying in that genre is me being safe.
Trademark
Often features a slow-motion shot of an object crashing into, or tumbling towards the camera.
Star Sign
Aquarius
Personal Details
Born
Michael Benjamin Bay
Los Angeles, California, USA
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