FILM DIRECTOR

Michael Bay

1965 - Today

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Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films characterized by fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions. The films he has directed include Bad Boys (1995) and its sequel Bad Boys II (2003), The Rock (1996), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), the first five films in the Transformers film series, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), 6 Underground (2019), and Ambulance (2022). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Bay has received more than 10,347,636 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Michael Bay is the 289th most popular film director (down from 287th in 2019), the 1,847th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,928th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 58.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Bay ranks 289 out of 2,041. Before him are Cecil B. DeMille, Tex Avery, Sam Raimi, Spike Lee, Just Jaeckin, and Roger Corman. After him are Barbet Schroeder, Sven Nykvist, Rouben Mamoulian, Makoto Shinkai, Michael Cacoyannis, and Mike Nichols.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Michael Bay ranks 36. Before him are Viola Davis, Slash, Shamil Basayev, Khaled Hosseini, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, and Diane Lane. After him are Moby, Mick Foley, Aldair, Jürgen Kohler, Chris Rock, and The Undertaker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Bay ranks 1,847 out of 20,380. Before him are Spike Lee (1957), Robert Jordan (1948), Roger Corman (1926), Nora Roberts (1950), Joey Ramone (1951), and Paul Desmond (1924). After him are Frederick Cook (1865), Tom Courtney (1933), Adelaide Hall (1901), Jasper Johns (1930), Joan Allen (1956), and Loretta Young (1913).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Michael Bay ranks 78. Before him are Ub Iwerks (1901), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), Tex Avery (1908), Sam Raimi (1959), Spike Lee (1957), and Roger Corman (1926). After him are Stanley Kramer (1913), Jim Henson (1936), Paul Schrader (1946), Frank Borzage (1894), Darren Aronofsky (1969), and King Vidor (1894).

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Filmography

A Quiet Place
Director
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Apr 3o 20187.403 / 10
Transformers
Director
Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
Jun 27o 20076.805 / 10
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Director
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Jun 19o 20096.192 / 10