Michael Bay - Overview

Date of Birth: Feb 17, 1965

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

Nationality: American

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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. He subsequently handled similar chores for acts as diverse as Tina Turner, The DiVynals and Wilson Phillips and branched out to TV commercials for clients like Nike, Coca-Cola and Miller Light. In 1994, Bay received the Directors Guild of America Award for commercial work, further raising his profile.

Hollywood inevitably came calling in the form of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Bay had already impressed the duo with his work on the music video for their ... Read More

Filmography (16)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Horsemen (2009)

Friday the 13th (2009)

The Unborn (2009)

Transformers (2007)

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Milestones (31)

2009
Returned as director of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"; re-teamed with Spielberg as producer

2007
Helmed "Transformers," the live action film based on the franchise and toy line

2007
Teamed with Steven Spielberg, as the executive producer, to direct "Transformers," the live action film based on the franchise and toy line

2006
Bought the special effects company Digital Domain from former owners James Cameron and Stan Winston

2005
Helmed the sci-fi thriller "The Island," starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson

2005
Helmed first film without Bruckheimer producing, "The Island"; co-starred Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson

2003
First film released under Platinum Dunes was a 'reconceptualization' of the 1974 horror film "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"

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