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Michael Bay
Michael Benjamin Bay 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 Harb…
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entertainment · American filmmaker (born 1965) · film director · film producer · screenwriter · actor · film actor · director · also Michael Bay, Michael Benjamin Bay, Bay
Born 17 February 1965 · Q59259
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2026· 3 entries
NDTV: Michael Bay's The Last Ship Starring Eric Dane To Debut On Netflix In June
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The Guardian: Michael Bay to direct film based on US military rescue mission in Iran
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2025· 7 entries
collider: Michael Bay's Most Chaotic Crime Thriller is Quietly Dominating Streaming
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collider: Michael Bay's Critically Hated Reboot Is Now Finding Redemption With Streaming Success
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bleedingcool: Director Michael Bay Departs Will Smith's Fast And Loose At Netflix
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It was reported that Bay is working with Paramount to develop a new Transformers film
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Game Rant: Why Does Michael Bay Keep Getting Chances At Transformers Movies?
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Yardbarker: Michael Bay Takes Risk Producing Skibidi Toilet Film Adaptation
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It was reported that Bay is working with Universal to develop a film based on the 1980s arcade game OutRun, with Sydney Sweeney onboard to produce
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2024· 2 entries
Bay's first documentary series, Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior, premiered on Investigation Discovery
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It was reported that Bay was developing a franchise based on Alexey Gerasimov's Skibidi Toilet web series
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: Michael Bay denies pigeon was killed on Italian film set after reports
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2022· 2 entries
The Guardian: Ambulance review – a decent B-movie spoiled by the Michael Bay treatment
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The Guardian: Ambulance review – Michael Bay hijack thriller pumped full of radioactive steroids
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2021· 2 entries
The Guardian: Pearl Harbor at 20: Michael Bay’s bombastically stupid war epic
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It was reported that Bay requested financial compensation from film studio Paramount Pictures for indirectly limiting his income as a result of Paramount cutting the theatrical-only run of A Quiet Place Part II from 90 t
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2020· 4 entries
The Guardian: Michael Bay pandemic movie trailer criticized as 'exploitation cinema'
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The Guardian: Megan Fox responds to outrage over 'sexualised' auditions for Michael Bay
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Fox revisited the incident and denied that she was underaged (for Transformers) or "made to 'wash' or work on someone's cars in a way that was extraneous from the materials in the actual script
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But the project was put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Bay subsequently moved on to direct Ambulance
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2019· 2 entries
The Guardian: 6 Underground review – Michael Bay's high-octane caper is a blast
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The Guardian: Every Michael Bay film – ranked!
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2018· 1 entry
It was announced that Bay would direct the Netflix action thriller film 6 Underground, starring Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Adria Arjona, Corey Hawkins, Ben Hardy and Dave Franco
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2017· 1 entry
Bay was honored with his own hand-and-footprint ceremony at The TCL Chinese Theatre
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2016· 1 entry
Paramount Pictures released 13 Hours, which Bay produced and directed, based on the 2012 Benghazi attack
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2015· 1 entry
The company announced an interactive publishing division to offer "augmented reality" content from printed graphic novels with digital video
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2010· 1 entry
It earned seven Golden Raspberry Award nominations, and won three: Worst Picture, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay
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2009· 2 entries
But withdrew the offer due to lack of interest
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It was reported that Fox, at the age of 15, was made to wash Bay's car while auditioning for Transformers
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2007· 1 entry
Teamed up with executive producer Steven Spielberg to direct Transformers, a live action film based on the Transformers franchise
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2006· 1 entry
Infusing the struggling business with a $50 million investment
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2005· 1 entry
Bay directed The Island, a science fiction film starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson
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2001· 2 entries
Bay directed Pearl Harbor, starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale and Cuba Gooding, Jr
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Again produced by Bay with Jerry Bruckheimer
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1998· 1 entry
Bay again collaborated with Jerry Bruckheimer, this time as a co-producer, as well as directing the action-adventure film Armageddon
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1997· 1 entry
And the film was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Achievement in Sound category for the work of Greg P
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1994· 1 entry
And starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence
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1993· 1 entry
Which also won a Grand Prix Clio Award for Commercial of the Year
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1986· 1 entry
And did graduate work at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena
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1965· 1 entry
Born 1965-02-17.
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