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Michael Bay

  • Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
  • Birthday: February 17, 1965

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…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2007

    Helmed "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

  • 2003

    Directed "Bad Boys II" a sequal to the 1995 smash hit "Bad Boys"

  • 2003

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

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Awards

  • 1994

    Directors Guild of America Award: Commercial Direction

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