milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Westwood, California
 
Used parents Super-8 movie camera to make films as a teenager
 
At age 15, worked in a filing job at Lucasfilm
 
Was one of the principals in Propaganda Films; directed TV commercials for The Red Cross, Milk, Coca Cola, Nike, many others
1988 
Began directing music videos, re-launching Donny Osmond's career and also directing for Meatloaf, Tina Turner, and others
 
First collaboration with Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, the music video for "Days of Thunder"
1995 
Made feature film directorial debut with "Bad Boys"; produced by Simpson and Bruckheimer
1996 
Leaped onto "A" list of directors with "The Rock"
 
Formed Bay Films
1998 
Helmed the big-budget actioner "Armageddon", produced by Bruckheimer
1998 
Announced plans to develop a TV series "Quantico" for Fox; still in development as of 2001
1998 
Signed two-year multimillion dollar producing and directing deal with Disney
2001 
Directed the big-budget WWII-era set "Pearl Harbor"; again produced by Bruckheimer
 
Formed Platinum Dunes, a production company designed to produce lower-budgeted films
2003 
First film released under Platinum Dunes was a 'reconceptualization' of the 1974 horror film "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
2003 
Directed "Bad Boys II" a sequal to the 1995 smash hit "Bad Boys"
2005 
Helmed the sci-fi thriller "The Island," starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson
2006 
Bought the special effects company Digital Domain from former owners James Cameron and Stan Winston
2007 
Helmed "Transformers," the live action film based on the franchise and toy line
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