Michael Benjamin Bay is an American film director and producer
Michael Bay
@T V, Career and Life
Feb 17, 1965
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: February 17, 1965
- Nationality: American
- Famous: Film Director, Movie Producers, Producer, T V, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors, T V & Movie Producers
- Known as: Michael Benjamin Bay
- Universities:
- Wesleyan University (1986)
- Pasadena's Art Center College of Design
- Art Center College of Design
- Crossroads School
- Birth Place: Los Angeles
- Height: 185cm
Michael Bay born at
Los Angeles
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Birth Place
Bay’s personal life remains a mystery. He has claimed that he was the illegitimate child of a popular 1970s director, and that director John Frankenheimer was his biological father. However, a DNA test returned negative.
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Personal Life
He has been associated with Playboy model Jaime Bergman, and Cara Michelle. He is currently single. He lives in Miami, Florida, with his two bullmastiffs, Bonecrusher and Grace. His dog Mason appeared the film “Transformers”.
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Personal Life
Michael Bay was born on February 17, 1965 in Los Angeles, California. He was adopted by Harriet and Jim Bay, a CPA, when he was two weeks old.
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Childhood & Early Life
He was raised Jewish. His cousin, Susan Bay, is the wife of Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy. He attended Crossroads School, in Santa Monica, California.
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Childhood & Early Life
Fifteen-year-old Bay interned with George Lucas, filing the storyboards for “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. He was impressed on seeing the movie in the theater and decided to become a film director.
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Childhood & Early Life
Bay graduated from Wesleyan University in 1986, majoring in English and Film. He was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. He attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena for his graduate work.
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Career & Later Life
After his post-graduation, Bay began working at Propaganda Films, directing commercials and music videos. Capitol Records picked up his 90-second World War II-inspired Coca-Cola advertisement.
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Career & Later Life
While working in the music video business, he created music videos for Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Lionel Richie, Wilson Phillips, Donny Osmond and The Divinyls, and won MTV award nominations.
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Career & Later Life
His first movie was “Bad Boys” in 1994, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. The film grossed a $141 million at the box office.
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Career & Later Life
His second movie was “The Rock” - an action movie starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris. It was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson in 1996.
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Career & Later Life
In 1998, Bay directed, and co-produced “Armageddon” with Jerry Bruckheimer. The film is about oil drillers who are sent by NASA to deflect an asteroid away from a collision with Earth. It grossed over $553 million worldwide.
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Major Works
Bay and Scott Gardenhour formed The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness to produce commercials and other projects. Bay has directed and produced commercials for Victoria’s Secret, Lexus, Budweiser, Reebok, and Nike.
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Major Works
In 2007, he directed “Transformers” teaming with Steven Spielberg to produce it. The film earned over $319 million domestically and over $708 million worldwide.
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Major Works