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data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maykl_Bey" title="Maykl Bey – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Maykl Bey" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="مایکل بی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مایکل بی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87" title="মাইকেল বে – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মাইকেল বে" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%B9" title="Майкл Бэй – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Майкл Бэй" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%BB_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Майкъл Бей – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Майкъл Бей" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87" title="माइकल बे – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="माइकल बे" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target">डोटेली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BB_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%B9" title="Μάικλ Μπέι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μάικλ Μπέι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="مایکل بی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مایکل بی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%B4_%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%B4" title="마이클 베이 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마이클 베이" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%84%D5%AC_%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B5" title="Մայքլ Բեյ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մայքլ Բեյ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87" title="माइकल बे – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="माइकल बे" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9C_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99" title="מייקל ביי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מייקל ביי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%98" title="მაიკლ ბეი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მაიკლ ბეი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%B9" title="Майкл Бэй – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Майкл Бэй" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maikls_Bejs" title="Maikls Bejs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Maikls Bejs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87" title="माइकल बे – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="माइकल बे" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target">मैथिली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%98" title="მაიკლ ბეი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მაიკლ ბეი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">მარგალური</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%89" title="مايكل بى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مايكل بى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87" title="माइकल बे – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="माइकल बे" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4" title="マイケル・ベイ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マイケル・ベイ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bay" title="Michael Bay – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Michael Bay" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%B9,_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB" title="Бэй, Майкл – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бэй, Майкл" data-language-autonym="Русский" 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Film director</li><li>film producer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1986–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Bay" title="Susan Bay">Susan Bay</a> (cousin)</td></tr></tbody></table> Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965)<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget <a href="/wiki/High-concept" class="mw-redirect" title="High-concept">high-concept</a> action films with <a href="/wiki/Fast_cutting" title="Fast cutting">fast cutting</a>, stylistic <a href="/wiki/Cinematography" title="Cinematography">cinematography</a> and visuals, and extensive use of <a href="/wiki/Special_effect" title="Special effect">special effects</a>, including frequent depictions of explosions.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> The films he has directed include <a href="/wiki/Bad_Boys_(1995_film)" title="Bad Boys (1995 film)">Bad Boys</a> (1995) and its sequel <a href="/wiki/Bad_Boys_II" title="Bad Boys II">Bad Boys II</a> (2003), <a href="/wiki/The_Rock_(film)" title="The Rock (film)">The Rock</a> (1996), <a href="/wiki/Armageddon_(1998_film)" title="Armageddon (1998 film)">Armageddon</a> (1998), <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_(film)" title="Pearl Harbor (film)">Pearl Harbor</a> (2001), the first five films in the <a href="/wiki/Transformers_(film_series)" title="Transformers (film series)">Transformers</a> film series, <a href="/wiki/13_Hours:_The_Secret_Soldiers_of_Benghazi" title="13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi">13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi</a> (2016), <a href="/wiki/6_Underground_(film)" title="6 Underground (film)">6 Underground</a> (2019), and <a href="/wiki/Ambulance_(2022_film)" title="Ambulance (2022 film)">Ambulance</a> (2022). His films have grossed over US$7.8 billion worldwide, making him one of the most <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_directors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of highest-grossing directors">commercially successful directors in history</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> He is co-founder of the production house <a href="/wiki/The_Institute_(company)" title="The Institute (company)">the Institute</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> He co-owns <a href="/wiki/Platinum_Dunes" title="Platinum Dunes">Platinum Dunes</a>, a production house which has remade <a href="/wiki/Horror_film" title="Horror film">horror films</a>, including <a href="/wiki/The_Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre_(2003_film)" title="The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)">The Texas Chainsaw Massacre</a> (2003), <a href="/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror_(2005_film)" title="The Amityville Horror (2005 film)">The Amityville Horror</a> (2005), <a href="/wiki/The_Hitcher_(2007_film)" title="The Hitcher (2007 film)">The Hitcher</a> (2007), <a href="/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(2009_film)" title="Friday the 13th (2009 film)">Friday the 13th</a> (2009) and <a href="/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_(2010_film)" title="A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)">A Nightmare on Elm Street</a> (2010).<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2></div> Bay was born in Los Angeles. He was raised by his adoptive parents Harriet, a bookstore owner and <a href="/wiki/Child_psychiatrist" class="mw-redirect" title="Child psychiatrist">child psychiatrist</a>, and Jim, a <a href="/wiki/Certified_Public_Accountant" title="Certified Public Accountant">Certified Public Accountant</a>.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> He was raised <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a>.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> His grandfather was from <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Russia" title="History of the Jews in Russia">Russia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> His cousin, <a href="/wiki/Susan_Bay" title="Susan Bay">Susan Bay</a>, is the widow of <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek" title="Star Trek">Star Trek</a> actor <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy" title="Leonard Nimoy">Leonard Nimoy</a> (whom he eventually cast as the voice actor for Sentinel Prime in <a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Dark_of_the_Moon" title="Transformers: Dark of the Moon">Transformers: Dark of the Moon</a>).<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> He attended the exclusive <a href="/wiki/Crossroads_School_(Santa_Monica)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crossroads School (Santa Monica)">Crossroads School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> Bay often traces his interest in action films back to an incident during his childhood. As a boy, he attached some firecrackers to a toy train and filmed the ensuing fiery disaster with his mother's <a href="/wiki/8_mm_film" title="8 mm film">8 millimeter</a> camera. The fire department was called and he was grounded.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Bay got his start in the film industry interning with <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> when he was 15, filing the <a href="/wiki/Storyboards" class="mw-redirect" title="Storyboards">storyboards</a> for <a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a>, which Bay believed was going to be terrible. His opinion changed after seeing it in the theater and he was so impressed by the experience that he decided to become a film director.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_University" title="Wesleyan University">Wesleyan University</a> in 1986, majoring in both English and film.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Psi_Upsilon" title="Psi Upsilon">Psi Upsilon</a> fraternity and a favorite student of film historian <a href="/wiki/Jeanine_Basinger" title="Jeanine Basinger">Jeanine Basinger</a>.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> For his graduate work, he attended <a href="/wiki/Art_Center_College_of_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="Art Center College of Design">Art Center College of Design</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena</a>, where he also studied film.<a href="#cite_note-educate-20">[20]</a> His classmates included future Hollywood film directors <a href="/wiki/Tarsem_Singh" title="Tarsem Singh">Tarsem Singh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zack_Snyder" title="Zack Snyder">Zack Snyder</a>. Singh also appeared in one of Bay's student films as a camel salesman.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1992–2005:_Breakthrough_and_stardom">1992–2005: Breakthrough and stardom</h3></div> Bay began working at <a href="/wiki/Propaganda_Films" title="Propaganda Films">Propaganda Films</a>, directing commercials and music videos, two weeks after finishing his postgraduate degree.<a href="#cite_note-educate-20">[20]</a> His 90-second <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>–inspired <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a> advertisement was picked up by <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>. His first national commercial was for the <a href="/wiki/Red_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Cross">Red Cross</a>, which won a <a href="/wiki/Clio_Awards" title="Clio Awards">Clio Award</a> in 1992.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> He directed <a href="/wiki/Goodby,_Silverstein_%26_Partners" title="Goodby, Silverstein & Partners">Goodby, Silverstein & Partners'</a> "<a href="/wiki/Aaron_Burr_(advertisement)" title="Aaron Burr (advertisement)">Aaron Burr</a>" commercial as part of the "Got Milk?" ad campaign for the California Milk Processors Board in 1993, which also won a Grand Prix Clio Award for Commercial of the Year.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> Bay's success in music videos gained the attention of producers <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bruckheimer" title="Jerry Bruckheimer">Jerry Bruckheimer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Don_Simpson" title="Don Simpson">Don Simpson</a>, who selected him to direct his first feature-length film, <a href="/wiki/Bad_Boys_(1995_film)" title="Bad Boys (1995 film)">Bad Boys</a>. It was shot in <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a> in 1994 and starred <a href="/wiki/Will_Smith" title="Will Smith">Will Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Lawrence" title="Martin Lawrence">Martin Lawrence</a>. The action film was a breakout role for Smith, who was making a transition from television at the time. Shooting in Miami was a good experience for Bay, who would later own a home in the city and spend a great deal of time there.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> The film was completed for $19 million and grossed a remarkable $141 million in the summer of 1995.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> Bay's success led to a strong partnership and friendship with <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bruckheimer" title="Jerry Bruckheimer">Jerry Bruckheimer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> His follow-up film, <a href="/wiki/The_Rock_(film)" title="The Rock (film)">The Rock</a> (1996), an action movie set on <a href="/wiki/Alcatraz_Island" title="Alcatraz Island">Alcatraz Island</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_area" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Bay area">San Francisco Bay area</a>, starred <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Cage" title="Nicolas Cage">Nicolas Cage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Harris" title="Ed Harris">Ed Harris</a>. It was produced by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bruckheimer" title="Jerry Bruckheimer">Jerry Bruckheimer</a> and the late <a href="/wiki/Don_Simpson" title="Don Simpson">Don Simpson</a>, who died five months before its release. The film is dedicated to him.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> Connery and Cage won "Best On-Screen Duo" at the <a href="/wiki/MTV_Movie_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Movie Awards">MTV Movie Awards</a> in 1997, and the film was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Achievement in Sound category for the work of Greg P. Russell, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_O%27Connell_(sound_re-recording_mixer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kevin O'Connell (sound re-recording mixer)">Kevin O'Connell</a> and Keith A. Wester.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> After the success of The Rock, Bay established his production company Bay Films, with a two-picture deal with Disney. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Bay_%26_Jerry_Bruckheimer_-_Armageddon_(1998_film).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Michael_Bay_%26_Jerry_Bruckheimer_-_Armageddon_%281998_film%29.jpg/170px-Michael_Bay_%26_Jerry_Bruckheimer_-_Armageddon_%281998_film%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Michael_Bay_%26_Jerry_Bruckheimer_-_Armageddon_%281998_film%29.jpg/255px-Michael_Bay_%26_Jerry_Bruckheimer_-_Armageddon_%281998_film%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Michael_Bay_%26_Jerry_Bruckheimer_-_Armageddon_%281998_film%29.jpg/340px-Michael_Bay_%26_Jerry_Bruckheimer_-_Armageddon_%281998_film%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2025" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Bay (left) and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bruckheimer" title="Jerry Bruckheimer">Jerry Bruckheimer</a> during the filming of 1998's <a href="/wiki/Armageddon_(1998_film)" title="Armageddon (1998 film)">Armageddon</a></figcaption></figure> In 1998, Bay again collaborated with Jerry Bruckheimer, this time as a co-producer, as well as directing the action-adventure film <a href="/wiki/Armageddon_(1998_film)" title="Armageddon (1998 film)">Armageddon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> The film, about a group of tough oil drillers who are sent by <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> to deflect an <a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">asteroid</a> from a collision course with <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>, starred <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Willis" title="Bruce Willis">Bruce Willis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bob_Thornton" title="Billy Bob Thornton">Billy Bob Thornton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Affleck" title="Ben Affleck">Ben Affleck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liv_Tyler" title="Liv Tyler">Liv Tyler</a>. It was nominated for four <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Oscars</a> at the <a href="/wiki/71st_Academy_Awards" title="71st Academy Awards">71st Academy Awards</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound_Mixing" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing">Best Sound</a>, <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Visual_Effects" title="Academy Award for Best Visual Effects">Best Visual Effects</a>, <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound_Editing" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Sound Editing">Best Sound Editing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Academy Award for Best Original Song">Best Original Song</a>.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> It earned $9.6 million on its opening day and $36.5 million through the first weekend.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Its budget of $140 million was one of the highest of the summer of 1998. It went on to gross over $553 million worldwide, the highest-grossing film of that year.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> In 2001, Bay directed <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_(film)" title="Pearl Harbor (film)">Pearl Harbor</a>, starring <a href="/wiki/Ben_Affleck" title="Ben Affleck">Ben Affleck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hartnett" title="Josh Hartnett">Josh Hartnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kate_Beckinsale" title="Kate Beckinsale">Kate Beckinsale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cuba_Gooding,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Cuba Gooding, Jr.">Cuba Gooding, Jr.</a> It was released on <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day" title="Memorial Day">Memorial Day</a> weekend in 2001, again produced by Bay with Jerry Bruckheimer. It received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing and Best Song. Kevin O'Connell received another nomination for Best Sound, but did not win. Pearl Harbor won in the category for Sound Editing, making it Bay's first (and, to date, only) film to win an Oscar.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> Bay also directed the music video for the nominated track "There You'll Be" by vocal artist <a href="/wiki/Faith_Hill" title="Faith Hill">Faith Hill</a>.<a href="#cite_note-educate-20">[20]</a> Bay reteamed with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for <a href="/wiki/Bad_Boys_II" title="Bad Boys II">Bad Boys II</a>, a sequel that was Bay's fifth collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bruckheimer" title="Jerry Bruckheimer">Jerry Bruckheimer</a>. It grossed $138 million domestically, enough to cover the production budget, and $273 million worldwide, almost twice as much as the first movie. In 2005, Bay directed <a href="/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film)" title="The Island (2005 film)">The Island</a>, a science fiction film starring <a href="/wiki/Ewan_McGregor" title="Ewan McGregor">Ewan McGregor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson" title="Scarlett Johansson">Scarlett Johansson</a>. It was the first film Bay made without Jerry Bruckheimer as a producer. It cost $126 million to produce and earned $36 million domestically and $127 million overseas, for a total of $163 million. Bay said that he was not comfortable with the domestic marketing campaign, as it confused the audience about the film's true subject.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007–2016">2007–2016</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Bay_060530-F-4692S-004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Michael_Bay_060530-F-4692S-004.jpg/220px-Michael_Bay_060530-F-4692S-004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Michael_Bay_060530-F-4692S-004.jpg/330px-Michael_Bay_060530-F-4692S-004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Michael_Bay_060530-F-4692S-004.jpg/440px-Michael_Bay_060530-F-4692S-004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1473" /></a><figcaption>Bay on the set of <a href="/wiki/Transformers_(film)" title="Transformers (film)">Transformers</a>, New Mexico, May 2006</figcaption></figure> In 2007, he teamed up with executive producer <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> to direct <a href="/wiki/Transformers_(film)" title="Transformers (film)">Transformers</a>, a live action film based on the <a href="/wiki/Transformers" title="Transformers">Transformers franchise</a>. Released in July 2007, by November of that year it had made over $709 million worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Bay returned as director and executive producer for <a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Revenge_of_the_Fallen" title="Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen">Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</a>, which was released on June 24, 2009 and grossed over $832 million worldwide. Although it received mostly negative reviews by critics,<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> including aggressively critical reviews by American film critics such as <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a>,<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Phillips_(critic)" title="Michael Phillips (critic)">Michael Phillips</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Denby_(film_critic)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Denby (film critic)">David Denby</a> (who referred to Bay as "stunningly, almost viciously, untalented"),<a href="#cite_note-Denby-43">[43]</a> the film was well received by its intended audience and one of the highest-grossing of 2009.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> In 2010, it earned seven <a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Raspberry Award">Golden Raspberry Award</a> nominations, and won three: <a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Picture" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture">Worst Picture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Director" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director">Worst Director</a> and <a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Screenplay" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay">Worst Screenplay</a>.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> It was also one of the best-selling DVD and Blu-ray Discs of 2009, second only to <a href="/wiki/Twilight_(2008_film)" title="Twilight (2008 film)">Twilight</a> in DVD format, and the #1 of all time in <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc" class="mw-redirect" title="Blu-ray Disc">Blu-ray</a> format until it was surpassed by Blu-ray sales of <a href="/wiki/James_Cameron" title="James Cameron">James Cameron</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Avatar_(2009_film)" title="Avatar (2009 film)">Avatar</a> in April 2010.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> Bay directed <a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Dark_of_the_Moon" title="Transformers: Dark of the Moon">Transformers: Dark of the Moon</a>, released on June 29, 2011,<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> which grossed $1.123 billion globally.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> His next film was a comparatively small one he had been developing for years, called <a href="/wiki/Pain_%26_Gain" title="Pain & Gain">Pain & Gain</a>.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> The <a href="/wiki/True_crime" title="True crime">true crime</a> story, based on events described in a <a href="/wiki/Miami_New_Times" title="Miami New Times">Miami New Times</a> article<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> by Pete Collins, concerns a group of bumbling bodybuilders working together to commit a robbery.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> It starred <a href="/wiki/Mark_Wahlberg" title="Mark Wahlberg">Mark Wahlberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" title="Dwayne Johnson">Dwayne Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mackie" title="Anthony Mackie">Anthony Mackie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Shalhoub" title="Tony Shalhoub">Tony Shalhoub</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Harris" title="Ed Harris">Ed Harris</a>. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Bay_filming.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Michael_Bay_filming.jpg/220px-Michael_Bay_filming.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Michael_Bay_filming.jpg/330px-Michael_Bay_filming.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Michael_Bay_filming.jpg/440px-Michael_Bay_filming.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="739" /></a><figcaption>Bay filming <a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Age_of_Extinction" title="Transformers: Age of Extinction">Transformers: Age of Extinction</a>; actresses <a href="/wiki/Abigail_Klein" title="Abigail Klein">Abigail Klein</a>, Melanie Specht and <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Summer" title="Victoria Summer">Victoria Summer</a> are walking in a corridor.</figcaption></figure> Bay produced <a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_Pictures" title="DreamWorks Pictures">DreamWorks</a>' <a href="/wiki/I_Am_Number_Four_(film)" title="I Am Number Four (film)">I Am Number Four</a>, based on a series of novels by <a href="/wiki/Pittacus_Lore" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittacus Lore">Pittacus Lore</a> published by <a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a> Children's Books. <a href="/wiki/D._J._Caruso" title="D. J. Caruso">D. J. Caruso</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eagle_Eye" title="Eagle Eye">Eagle Eye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Disturbia_(film)" title="Disturbia (film)">Disturbia</a>) directed.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> A fourth Bay-directed Transformers movie, <a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Age_of_Extinction" title="Transformers: Age of Extinction">Transformers: Age of Extinction</a>, was released in June 2014.<a href="#cite_note-June2014-57">[57]</a> Starring <a href="/wiki/Mark_Wahlberg" title="Mark Wahlberg">Mark Wahlberg</a>, it earned $1.1 billion at the global box office.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> On January 12, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a> released <a href="/wiki/13_Hours:_The_Secret_Soldiers_of_Benghazi" title="13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi">13 Hours</a>, which Bay produced and directed, based on the <a href="/wiki/2012_Benghazi_attack" title="2012 Benghazi attack">2012 Benghazi attack</a>. While the lowest-grossing film of Bay's career at the box office, it went on to massive DVD sales on its digital release in May 2016, earning over $40 million in home video revenue.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017–present">2017–present</h3></div> On May 23, 2017, Bay was honored with his own hand-and-footprint ceremony at The <a href="/wiki/Grauman%27s_Chinese_Theatre" title="Grauman's Chinese Theatre">TCL Chinese Theatre</a>. His English mastiff, Rebel, put her paw in the cement with him.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Bay's fifth Transformers film as director, <a href="/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight" title="Transformers: The Last Knight">Transformers: The Last Knight</a>, was released on June 21, 2017.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> It grossed $68.5 million in its five-day North American opening weekend, the franchise's lowest opening, and $605 million worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> In a 2016 <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> interview, Bay said it would be his final Transformers film as director.<a href="#cite_note-RS-64">[64]</a> In 2018, it was announced that Bay would direct the <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> action thriller film <a href="/wiki/6_Underground_(film)" title="6 Underground (film)">6 Underground</a>, starring <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Reynolds" title="Ryan Reynolds">Ryan Reynolds</a>, <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent" title="Mélanie Laurent">Mélanie Laurent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Garcia-Rulfo" title="Manuel Garcia-Rulfo">Manuel Garcia-Rulfo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adria_Arjona" title="Adria Arjona">Adria Arjona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corey_Hawkins" title="Corey Hawkins">Corey Hawkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hardy_(actor)" title="Ben Hardy (actor)">Ben Hardy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Franco" title="Dave Franco">Dave Franco</a>.<a href="#cite_note-D'Alessandro-65">[65]</a> It was released on December 13, 2019.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> In August 2019, Bay signed to direct the action film Black Five for <a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures" title="Sony Pictures">Sony Pictures</a>.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> However, the film, which was set to begin production in 2020, was put on hold because of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, and Bay subsequently moved on to direct <a href="/wiki/Ambulance_(2022_film)" title="Ambulance (2022 film)">Ambulance</a>.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Bay produced the pandemic-themed thriller <a href="/wiki/Songbird_(2020_film)" title="Songbird (2020 film)">Songbird</a> starting <a href="/wiki/Demi_Moore" title="Demi Moore">Demi Moore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Craig_Robinson_(actor)" title="Craig Robinson (actor)">Craig Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Walter_Hauser" title="Paul Walter Hauser">Paul Walter Hauser</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Stormare" title="Peter Stormare">Peter Stormare</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> He is set to direct the dystopian thriller Little America, which was scheduled to film in California sometime in 2020.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> In 2021, it was reported that Bay requested financial compensation from film studio <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a> for indirectly limiting his income as a result of Paramount cutting the theatrical-only run of <a href="/wiki/A_Quiet_Place_Part_II" title="A Quiet Place Part II">A Quiet Place Part II</a> from 90 to 45 days due to the effects of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> pandemic. Bay, and other producers as well as actors for the film, as is typically the case, receive payment in part based on box-office performance, and a reduction in the theatrical run's exclusivity affected the pay they received.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> Bay's next film was 2022's <a href="/wiki/Ambulance_(2022_film)" title="Ambulance (2022 film)">Ambulance</a>, starring <a href="/wiki/Jake_Gyllenhaal" title="Jake Gyllenhaal">Jake Gyllenhaal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II" title="Yahya Abdul-Mateen II">Yahya Abdul-Mateen II</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eiza_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Eiza González">Eiza González</a>. It follows two bank robbers who hijack an ambulance and take two hostages. Shot during the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles,<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> it was released in the US on April 8, 2022, by Universal Pictures.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> In February 2023, Bay was hired to direct and executive produce an untitled action drama series for <a href="/wiki/A%26E_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="A&E Studios">A&E Studios</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon Studios">Amazon Studios</a>.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> In July 2024, it was reported that Bay was developing a franchise based on Alexey Gerasimov's <a href="/wiki/Skibidi_Toilet" title="Skibidi Toilet">Skibidi Toilet</a> web series.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> On September 2, 2024, Bay's first <a href="/wiki/Documentary_series" class="mw-redirect" title="Documentary series">documentary series</a>, Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior, premiered on <a href="/wiki/Investigation_Discovery" title="Investigation Discovery">Investigation Discovery</a>. Bay directed and executive produced the five-episode series about serial killer <a href="/wiki/Hadden_Clark" title="Hadden Clark">Hadden Clark</a>.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> On October 7, 2024, Bay was set to direct the film Fast and Loose, with Chris Bremner and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Pearson" title="Eric Pearson">Eric Pearson</a> writing the screenplay.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production_and_effects_companies">Production and effects companies</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Platinum_Dunes">Platinum Dunes</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Platinum_Dunes" title="Platinum Dunes">Platinum Dunes</a></div> Bay founded production house <a href="/wiki/Platinum_Dunes" title="Platinum Dunes">Platinum Dunes</a> with fellow producers <a href="/wiki/Brad_Fuller_(producer)" title="Brad Fuller (producer)">Brad Fuller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Form" title="Andrew Form">Andrew Form</a> in 2001.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Digital_Domain">Digital Domain</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Digital_Domain" title="Digital Domain">Digital Domain</a></div> Bay and Wyndcrest Holdings, a Florida-based investment firm, acquired the <a href="/wiki/Visual_effects" title="Visual effects">digital effects</a> company <a href="/wiki/Digital_Domain" title="Digital Domain">Digital Domain</a> from <a href="/wiki/James_Cameron" title="James Cameron">James Cameron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stan_Winston" title="Stan Winston">Stan Winston</a> in 2006, infusing the struggling business with a $50 million investment. Digital Domain considered an <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">initial public offering</a> in 2009 but withdrew the offer due to lack of interest. It was sold to the production group <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Galloping_Horse_Group" title="Beijing Galloping Horse Group">Beijing Galloping Horse</a> in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Institute">The Institute</h3></div> After leaving <a href="/wiki/Propaganda_Films" title="Propaganda Films">Propaganda Films</a>, Bay and producer Scott Gardenhour, also formerly at Propaganda, formed the Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness (now known as <a href="/wiki/The_Institute_(production_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Institute (production company)">the Institute</a>), to produce commercials and other projects. Through the Institute, Bay has directed and produced spots for <a href="/wiki/Victoria%27s_Secret" title="Victoria's Secret">Victoria's Secret</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lexus" title="Lexus">Lexus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Budweiser_(Anheuser-Busch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)">Budweiser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reebok" title="Reebok">Reebok</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz" title="Mercedes-Benz">Mercedes-Benz</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a>. One of his Victoria's Secret ads was for the 2009 "A Thousand Fantasies" holiday campaign.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="451_Media_Group">451 Media Group</h3></div> Bay co-founded 451 Media Group with Doug Nunes (who is CEO), and with John and Anthony Gentile, who previously marketed brands such as <a href="/wiki/Micronauts" title="Micronauts">Micronauts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Visionaries:_Knights_of_the_Magical_Light" title="Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light">Visionaries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Dancers" title="Sky Dancers">Sky Dancers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Power_Glove" title="Power Glove">Power Glove</a>. In 2015, the company announced an interactive publishing division to offer "<a href="/wiki/Augmented_reality" title="Augmented reality">augmented reality</a>" content from printed graphic novels with digital video. The graphic novels employ Touchcode technology from T+ink (previously used in the Power Glove), in which ink used in the printing process unlocks access to exclusive content that is housed on the <a href="/wiki/Machinima_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Machinima Network">Machinima Network</a>, which is transferred to users' touch-screen-enabled mobile devices when the printed books are touched to those devices. The company's premiere slate of graphic novels was unveiled at the October 2015 <a href="/wiki/New_York_Comic_Con" title="New York Comic Con">New York Comic Con</a>. The creators involved included <a href="/wiki/Scott_Rosenberg" title="Scott Rosenberg">Scott Rosenberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skip_Woods" title="Skip Woods">Skip Woods</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Pelecanos" title="George Pelecanos">George Pelecanos</a>, Mark Mallouk, Clay McLeod Chapman and Peter and Paul Williams.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rogue_Initiative">Rogue Initiative</h3></div> In June 2016, Bay joined the Rogue Initiative,<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> a production studio and technology company, as a strategic advisor and stakeholder. The studio merges Hollywood production with interactive talent to generate story-driven content for games, mobile, virtual reality, mixed reality, television and feature film. As part of the partnership, Bay will develop and direct a multiplatform action-adventure game and cinematic VR experiences, based on an original IP conceived by him. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> Bay lives in <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a> with his three <a href="/wiki/English_mastiff" class="mw-redirect" title="English mastiff">English mastiffs</a>, named for characters in his films. As a boy, he donated his <a href="/wiki/Bar_Mitzvah" class="mw-redirect" title="Bar Mitzvah">Bar Mitzvah</a> money to an <a href="/wiki/Animal_shelter" title="Animal shelter">animal shelter</a> and he now often includes his dogs in his films. Bonecrusher appeared as Mikaela's dog "Bones" in <a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Revenge_of_the_Fallen" title="Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen">Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</a>. Mason, his first English mastiff, was named for John Patrick Mason, played by <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Rock_(film)" title="The Rock (film)">The Rock</a>.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-86">[86]</a> Mason appeared as Marcus's dog in <a href="/wiki/Bad_Boys_II" title="Bad Boys II">Bad Boys II</a> and as Miles' dog in <a href="/wiki/Transformers_(film)" title="Transformers (film)">Transformers</a>; he died during production of the latter film in March 2007.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> Bay is not married and has no children.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> He previously dated sportscaster <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Dergan" title="Lisa Dergan">Lisa Dergan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-NYT-86">[86]</a> In a 2016 <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> interview, Bay said that his net worth was around $500 million.<a href="#cite_note-RS-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> He owned a $50 million <a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_G550" title="Gulfstream G550">Gulfstream G550</a> jet, as well as a <a href="/wiki/Bentley" title="Bentley">Bentley</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Range_Rover" title="Range Rover">Range Rover</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Cadillac_Escalade" title="Cadillac Escalade">Escalade</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Ferrari" title="Ferrari">Ferrari</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Lamborghini" title="Lamborghini">Lamborghini</a>, and two <a href="/wiki/Camaro" class="mw-redirect" title="Camaro">Camaros</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Transformers_(film_series)" title="Transformers (film series)">Transformers franchise</a>.<a href="#cite_note-RS-64">[64]</a> In February 2025, Bay was arrested after breaking into the <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican</a>.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bay_filmography" title="Michael Bay filmography">Michael Bay filmography</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Directed features </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Distributor </th></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bad_Boys_(1995_film)" title="Bad Boys (1995 film)">Bad Boys</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Releasing" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Pictures Releasing">Sony Pictures Releasing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Rock_(film)" title="The Rock (film)">The Rock</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Buena_Vista_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="Buena Vista Pictures">Buena Vista Pictures</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Armageddon_(1998_film)" title="Armageddon (1998 film)">Armageddon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_(film)" title="Pearl Harbor (film)">Pearl Harbor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bad_Boys_II" title="Bad Boys II">Bad Boys II</a> </td> <td>Sony Pictures Releasing </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film)" title="The Island (2005 film)">The Island</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_Pictures" title="DreamWorks Pictures">DreamWorks Pictures</a> <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Transformers_(film)" title="Transformers (film)">Transformers</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a> DreamWorks Pictures </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Revenge_of_the_Fallen" title="Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen">Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Dark_of_the_Moon" title="Transformers: Dark of the Moon">Transformers: Dark of the Moon</a> </td> <td rowspan="5">Paramount Pictures </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pain_%26_Gain" title="Pain & Gain">Pain & Gain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Age_of_Extinction" title="Transformers: Age of Extinction">Transformers: Age of Extinction</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/13_Hours:_The_Secret_Soldiers_of_Benghazi" title="13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi">13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight" title="Transformers: The Last Knight">Transformers: The Last Knight</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/6_Underground_(film)" title="6 Underground (film)">6 Underground</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ambulance_(2022_film)" title="Ambulance (2022 film)">Ambulance</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:27%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> His movies look like a more compacted, cartoonish messy version of films by British commercial directors like <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Lyne" title="Adrian Lyne">Adrian Lyne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ridley_Scott" title="Ridley Scott">Ridley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Scott" title="Tony Scott">Tony Scott</a>. He packs each frame with baroque detail and floods the screen with light and smog; he prefers extreme wide angles or punishingly tight telephoto close-ups, which make each shot dense enough to burst. </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—<a href="/wiki/Matt_Zoller_Seitz" title="Matt Zoller Seitz">Matt Zoller Seitz</a> writing in <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, 1996.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a></cite></div> </div> Bay's work is divisive and has often been poorly received by film critics, and his name has been used <a href="/wiki/Pejorative" title="Pejorative">pejoratively</a> in <a href="/wiki/Art_film" title="Art film">art-house</a> circles.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> Bay has responded to his critics, saying: "I make movies for teenage boys. Oh, dear, what a crime."<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> Besides accusing him of making films that pander to a young demographic, critics and audiences have been critical of elements of Bay's filmmaking style such as the overuse of <a href="/wiki/Dutch_angle" title="Dutch angle">Dutch angles</a>, extreme patriotism, overly broad and <a href="/wiki/Sophomoric_humor" title="Sophomoric humor">sophomoric humor</a>, excessive product placement,<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> oversaturated orange and teal <a href="/wiki/Color_grading" title="Color grading">color grading</a>,<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> reusing footage from his previous films,<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> and his preference of action and spectacle over story and characters,<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> with his films' excessive use of <a href="/wiki/Explosion" title="Explosion">explosions</a> often being mentioned or parodied.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> Another point of contention with Bay's films is his portrayal and use of offensive racial stereotypes as comedic relief; one alleged example being the characters Skids and Mudflap in <a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Revenge_of_the_Fallen" title="Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen">Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> Bay has also been accused of heavily <a href="/wiki/Objectification" title="Objectification">objectifying</a> women in his films, with critics describing Bay's manner of filming actresses as "lascivious" and "pornographic". He has faced criticism for routinely making sexist remarks and showing female characters in a stereotypical light.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> He came under scrutiny for firing <a href="/wiki/Megan_Fox" title="Megan Fox">Megan Fox</a> in <a href="/wiki/Organizational_retaliatory_behavior" class="mw-redirect" title="Organizational retaliatory behavior">retaliation</a><a href="#cite_note-:3-105">[105]</a> after she made comments about him mistreating her on the set of the Transformers films and compared him to <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-106">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-107">[107]</a> Bay published an open letter written by three anonymous members of the crew of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen that referred to Fox as, among other things, "Ms. Sourpants", "porn star", "unfriendly bitch", and "dumb-as-a-rock".<a href="#cite_note-:4-108">[108]</a> In 2009, it was reported that Fox, at the age of 15, was made to wash Bay's car while auditioning for <a href="/wiki/Transformers_(film)" title="Transformers (film)">Transformers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> In 2020, Fox revisited the incident and denied that she was underaged (for Transformers) or "made to 'wash' or work on someone's cars in a way that was extraneous from the materials in the actual script."<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> Fox was 15 when she first appeared as a bikini-clad extra in the Bay film Bad Boys II.<a href="#cite_note-:4-108">[108]</a> Actress <a href="/wiki/Kate_Beckinsale" title="Kate Beckinsale">Kate Beckinsale</a> also spoke out publicly by reporting that she was body-shamed and regularly criticized for her appearance by Bay during the making of <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_(film)" title="Pearl Harbor (film)">Pearl Harbor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-106">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-107">[107]</a> Six of Bay's films have been nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Picture" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture">Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Director" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director">Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director</a> (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight), with Revenge of the Fallen and Age of Extinction winning the award for "Worst Director". Revenge of the Fallen also became the first film by Bay and also the highest-grossing film to be awarded "Worst Picture". Conversely, some critics and actors have praised Bay's films and style. Film historian <a href="/wiki/Jeanine_Basinger" title="Jeanine Basinger">Jeanine Basinger</a> has described him as "the most cinematic and fluid and unafraid director", while Scott Foundas of <a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a> has lauded his "grand, epic vision" and positively compared him to <a href="/wiki/William_Wyler" title="William Wyler">William Wyler</a>. Actress <a href="/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson" title="Scarlett Johansson">Scarlett Johansson</a> wrote that Bay is "a truly ambitious storyteller who celebrates characters, actors, and leading men and women alike."<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> ratings </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Film </th> <th scope="col">Rating </th></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bad_Boys_(1995_film)" title="Bad Boys (1995 film)">Bad Boys</a></td> <td>43%<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Rock_(film)" title="The Rock (film)">The Rock</a></td> <td>67%<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Armageddon_(1998_film)" title="Armageddon (1998 film)">Armageddon</a></td> <td>43%<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_(film)" title="Pearl Harbor (film)">Pearl Harbor</a></td> <td>24%<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bad_Boys_II" title="Bad Boys II">Bad Boys II</a></td> <td>23%<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film)" title="The Island (2005 film)">The Island</a></td> <td>40%<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Transformers_(film)" title="Transformers (film)">Transformers</a></td> <td>57%<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Revenge_of_the_Fallen" title="Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen">Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</a></td> <td>20%<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Dark_of_the_Moon" title="Transformers: Dark of the Moon">Transformers: Dark of the Moon</a></td> <td>35%<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pain_%26_Gain" title="Pain & Gain">Pain & Gain</a></td> <td>50%<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Transformers:_Age_of_Extinction" title="Transformers: Age of Extinction">Transformers: Age of Extinction</a></td> <td>18%<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/13_Hours:_The_Secret_Soldiers_of_Benghazi" title="13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi">13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi</a></td> <td>51%<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight" title="Transformers: The Last Knight">Transformers: The Last Knight</a></td> <td>16%<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/6_Underground_(film)" title="6 Underground (film)">6 Underground</a></td> <td>36%<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ambulance_(2022_film)" title="Ambulance (2022 film)">Ambulance</a></td> <td>68%<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="col"> </th> <th scope="col">Average </th> <th scope="col">39% </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accolades">Accolades</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Michael_Bay" title="List of awards and nominations received by Michael Bay">List of awards and nominations received by Michael Bay</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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J. Abrams">J. J. Abrams</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joss_Whedon" title="Joss Whedon">Joss Whedon</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n" title="Alfonso Cuarón">Alfonso Cuarón</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gunn" title="James Gunn">James Gunn</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridley_Scott" title="Ridley Scott">Ridley Scott</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Edwards_(filmmaker)" title="Gareth Edwards (filmmaker)">Gareth Edwards</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Coogler" title="Ryan Coogler">Ryan Coogler</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Peele" title="Jordan Peele">Jordan Peele</a> (2018/2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._J._Abrams" title="J. J. Abrams">J. J. 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre_(2003_film)" title="The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)">The Texas Chainsaw Massacre</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror_(2005_film)" title="The Amityville Horror (2005 film)">The Amityville Horror</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre:_The_Beginning" title="The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning">The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hitcher_(2007_film)" title="The Hitcher (2007 film)">The Hitcher</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Unborn_(2009_film)" title="The Unborn (2009 film)">The Unborn</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(2009_film)" title="Friday the 13th (2009 film)">Friday the 13th</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horsemen_(film)" title="Horsemen (film)">Horsemen</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_(2010_film)" title="A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)">A Nightmare on Elm Street</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Purge_(2013_film)" title="The Purge (2013 film)">The Purge</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Purge:_Anarchy" title="The Purge: Anarchy">The Purge: Anarchy</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(2014_film)" title="Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouija_(2014_film)" title="Ouija (2014 film)">Ouija</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Almanac" title="Project Almanac">Project Almanac</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Out_of_the_Shadows" title="Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Purge:_Election_Year" title="The Purge: Election Year">The Purge: Election Year</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouija:_Origin_of_Evil" title="Ouija: Origin of Evil">Ouija: Origin of Evil</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Quiet_Place" title="A Quiet Place">A Quiet Place</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_First_Purge" title="The First Purge">The First Purge</a> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Songbird_(2020_film)" title="Songbird (2020 film)">Songbird</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Quiet_Place_Part_II" title="A Quiet Place Part II">A Quiet Place Part II</a> 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