Michael Bay

Director

Born: February 17, 1965 (age 61)
From: Los Angeles, California, USA

Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) 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),…

Filmography (37)

We Are Storror (2025)
Director
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
Porsche Driver
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life (2022)
Self (archive footage)
Ambulance (2022)
Director
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
Wedding MC
6 Underground (2019)
Director
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Director
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Director
Evolution Within Extinction (2014)
Self
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Director
Pain & Gain (2013)
Director
Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now
Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now (2012)
Self
Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon (2012)
A Man's Story (2011)
Self
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Director
The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Self
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Director
Transformers (2007)
Director
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel (2007)
Self
The Island (2005)
Director
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre (2004)
Self
Bad Boys II (2003)
Director
Great White: My...My...My... (2002)
Director
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Director
Coyote Ugly (2000)
Photographer
Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys' (2000)
Self
Mystery Men (1999)
Frat Boy
Armageddon (1998)
Director
Armageddon: Target Earth (1998)
Self
The Rock (1996)
Director