Michael BayFilmography

Born:: February 17, 1965 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation:: Director, Executive Producer, Producer
Biography:: With his knack for staging visually flashy blockbuster mayhem, Michael Bay became the commercial leader among a new, 1990s generation of advertising-and-MTV-bred directors. Hollywood to the core, Bay has claimed that he was the illegitimate child of a popular director of the 1970s -- although he...Read More

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The Birds

Crew: Producer

Actors: Naomi Watts

Synopsis: This Platinum Dunes remake takes a new spin on Daphne du Maurier's killer bird tale, best remembered in Alfred Hitchcock's horrific version back in 1963, with this Universal Pictures production. Naomi Watts stars, with Casino Royale director Martin Campbell at the helm. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Read More

1/1/11
A Nightmare on Elm Street

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner

Synopsis: Platinum Dunes revives the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise with this reworking of slasher film legend Freddy Krueger, a deceased child killer who torments the dreams of the teenagers of Springwood, OH. Jackie Earle Haley picks up the killer's mantle from series veteran Robert Englund with the Read More

4/16/10
Fiasco Heights

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Modern film noir gets thrown for a loop with this Michael Bay-produced release, following a hired killer and a private eye's investigation into a highly prized briefcase and a gorgeous dame in the city of Fiasco Heights. Music video veteran Sam Bayer helms the picture from a script by Kyle Ward Read More

1/1/10
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Crew: Director, Executive Producer

Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn

Synopsis: Michael Bay returns to helm the sequel to the highly successful big-screen adaptation of the Transformers toy line for DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. Much of the original cast returns for the second installment, including Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, and John Turturro Read More

6/24/09
The Horsemen

Crew: Producer

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Zhang Ziyi, Clifton Collins, Jr., Patrick Fugit

Synopsis: Emotionally distanced form his two young sons following the untimely death of his devoted wife, a troubled detective investigates a series of murders that seem to be based on the Biblical prophecies concerning the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in a dark psychological thriller starring Dennis Quaid Read More

3/6/09
Friday the 13th

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, Aaron Yoo, Derek Mears

Synopsis: A man in search of his missing sister stumbles across a deadly secret in the woods surrounding Crystal Lake as Texas Chainsaw Massacre redux duo Michael Bay and Marcus Nispel resurrect one of the silver screen's most feared slashers -- machete-wielding, hockey mask-wearing madman Jason Voorhees. Read More

2/13/09
The Unborn

Crew: Producer

Actors: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, James Remar

Synopsis: Blade II and Batman Begins scribe David S. Goyer writes and directs this supernatural thriller about a 19-year-old girl (Odette Yustman) haunted by a "dybbuk" (a malevolent wandering soul of Jewish folklore) that was once a young boy ruthlessly slaughtered in Auschwitz. Casey Beldon (Yustman) was Read More

1/9/09
Rosemary's Baby

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes adds Roman Polanski's 1968 horror classic Rosemary's Baby to their remake plate with this Paramount Pictures production. The plot focuses on a woman who's unsuspectedly carrying the spawn of Satan due to a deal made between her husband and their sinister elderly Read More

1/1/09
Transformers

Crew: Director, Executive Producer

Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor

Synopsis: The interstellar battle between the Autobots and Decepticons rains destruction down on planet Earth as director Michael Bay adapts Hasbro and Takara's popular Transformers franchise into a big-budget, live-action summer tentpole extravaganza in this ambitious sci-fi action feature starring Shia LaBeouf Read More

7/3/07
The Hitcher

Crew: Producer

Actors: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough, Kyle Davis

Synopsis: A lonely stretch of highway leads to a date with terror in this thriller. Jim Halsey (Zachary Knighton) and Grace Andrews (Sophia Bush) are a young couple in the midst of a long-distance road trip when, during a rainstorm, they take pity on a hitchhiker, John Ryder) (Sean Bean), and give him a Read More

1/19/07
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird, Matthew Bomer, R. Lee Ermey

Synopsis: Bear witness to the birth of the most horrifying legend in the history of cinema as director Jonathan Liebesman explores the nightmarish origins of the psychotic Hewitt family in this sequel to director Marcus Nispel's 2003 hit The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The year is 1969, and despite the fact Read More

10/6/06
The Island

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Clarke Duncan

Synopsis: Blockbuster action director Michael Bay delivers a striking look at a strange world of the future in this sci-fi action drama. Midway through the 21st century, Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) lives in a confined indoor community after ongoing abuse of the Earth has rendered most of the planet Read More

7/22/05
The Amityville Horror

Crew: Producer

Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James, Jimmy Bennett, Chloe Moretz

Synopsis: One of the most celebrated horror films of the late '70s is given a new look in this remake, produced by blockbuster filmmaker Michael Bay. George and Kathy Lutz (Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George) are a young couple who are looking for a new home, and think they've found a dream house in Read More

4/15/05
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour

Synopsis: One of the most infamous horror films of the 1970s is revisited in this remake produced by action-spectacle maven Michael Bay. In the summer of 1973, four teenagers -- Erin (Jessica Biel), Morgan (Jonathan Tucker), Kemper (Eric Balfour), and Andy (Mike Vogel) -- are driving through Texas on a road Read More

10/17/03
Bad Boys II

Crew: Director

Actors: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollà, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano

Synopsis: Stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith return along with director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer for this sequel to the 1995 sleeper hit Bad Boys, the film that sparked the careers of both actors, as well as Bay. Once again, Lawrence and Smith play hotshot, wisecracking Miami narcotics Read More

7/18/03
Pearl Harbor

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Tom Sizemore

Synopsis: At the time of its release, this lavish period war drama from hyperkinetic director Michael Bay became the most expensive motion picture ever green-lighted by a studio. Ben Affleck stars as Rafe McCawley, a military pilot stationed under Jimmy Doolittle (Alec Baldwin) in New Jersey, along with his Read More

5/25/01
Armageddon

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton

Synopsis: Michael Bay (The Rock) directed this science fiction action thriller in the When Worlds Collide tradition. After astronomy students discover a comet-asteroid collision, an asteroid fragment "the size of the Super Dome" threatens. It's destroyed by a secret USA defense in space, but a large chunk Read More

7/1/98
The Rock

Crew: Director

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe

Synopsis: The sophomore film from former music video and commercial director Michael Bay, this fast-paced action yarn featured rapid-fire editing, a cutting-edge rock soundtrack and liberal use of shots awash in a haze of burnished hues, all trademarks of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Nicolas Cage Read More

1996
Bad Boys

Crew: Director

Actors: Michael Imperioli, Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Téa Leoni, Tchéky Karyo, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano

Synopsis: Former video director Michael Bay had his first big hit with this action comedy, which also returned producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson to the big-budget, high-violence movies that they successfully churned out in the '80s. Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are Read More

1995