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AKA: Michael Benjamin Bay
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 02/17/1965
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

biography

Like many aspiring filmmakers, Southern California native Michael Bay began making films with his family's Super 8mm camera while still a teenager. At age 15, he scored a clerical job at Lucasfilm and attempted to absorb whatever he could. Following college (where he made the thesis short "Benjamin's Birthday" in 1986) and post-grad work at the Art College Center of Design in Pasadena, Bay made his first music video at age 24. The result, "Soldier of Love", reinvigorated the moribund career of singer Donny Osmond and put the tyro director on the map, landing him a spot with Propaganda Films. Continued

Credits

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Executive Producer
2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Director
2009
Horsemen
Producer
2009
Friday the 13th
Producer
2009
Transformers
Executive Producer
2007
Transformers
Director
2007
The Hitcher
Producer
2007
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Producer
2006
The Island
Producer
2005
The Island
Director
2005
The Amityville Horror
Producer
2005
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Producer
2003
Bad Boys II
Director
2003
Pearl Harbor
Producer
2001
Pearl Harbor
Director
2001
Armageddon
Producer
1998
Armageddon
Director
1998
The Rock
Director
1996
Bad Boys
Director
1995
The Unborn
Producer
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
At age 15, worked in an office job at Lucasfilm
 
Was one of the principals in Propaganda Films; directed TV commercials for Budweiser, Milk, Coca Cola, Nike, etc.
1988 
Began directing music videos, re-launching Donny Osmond's career and also directing for Meatloaf, Tina Turner, etc.
1990 
First collaboration with Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, directed the music video for "Days of Thunder"
1995 
Made feature directorial debut with "Bad Boys"; produced by Simpson and Bruckheimer and co-starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence
Continued

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