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 A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music videos. His first projects after film school were in the music video business. He created music videos for Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Lionel Richie, Wilson Phillips, Donny Osmond and Divinyls. His work won him recognition and a number of MTV award nominations. He also filmed advertisements for Nike, Reebok, Coca-Cola, Budweiser and Miller Lite. He won the Grand Prix Clio for Commercial of the Year for his "Got Milk/Aaron Burr" commercial. At Cannes, he has won the Gold Lion for The Best Beer campaign for Miller Lite, as well as the Silver for "Got Milk". In 1995, Bay was honored by the Directors Guild of America as Commercial Director of the Year. That same year, he also directed his first feature film, Bad Boys (1995), starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, which grossed more than $160 million, worldwide. His follow-up film, The Rock (1996), starring Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage, was also hugely successful, making Bay the director du jour.
Bio:
A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music videos. His first projects after film school were in the music video business. He created music videos for Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Lionel Richie, Wilson Phillips, Donny Osmond and Divinyls. His work won him recognition and a number of MTV award nominations. He also filmed advertisements for Nike, Reebok, Coca-Cola, Budweiser and Miller Lite. He won the Grand Prix Clio for Commercial of the Year for his "Got Milk/Aaron Burr" commercial. At Cannes, he has won the Gold Lion for The Best Beer campaign for Miller Lite, as well as the Silver for "Got Milk". In 1995, Bay was honored by the Directors Guild of America as Commercial Director of the Year. That same year, he also directed his first feature film, Bad Boys (1995), starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, which grossed more than $160 million, worldwide. His follow-up film, The Rock (1996), starring Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage, was also hugely successful, making Bay the director du jour.
Tivia:
The Rock (1996) is his favorite of the films he has directed and Sean Connery is his favorite actor that he's ever worked with.All his films up to and including Armageddon (1998) made him the youngest director to reach the billion dollar mark world wide.He is a very close friend of writer/director George Lucas from whom he often seeks advice. As a teenager, he worked at ILM in the storyboard department for films like Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).In Bad Boys (1995), Bay paid $25,000 (one quarter of his fee) for the climax explosion scene. The initial shot was made impossible by a rainstorm, and the production company refused to pay for another try.Shot over 1 million feet of film for Pearl Harbor (2001). Used only about 20,000 feet for the final, 9-reel cut.Has a great respect for and is good friends with filmmaker Zack Snyder as they went to the same school and worked at Propaganda Films."Movieline" revealed in 2001 that Bay's father is John Frankenheimer. Frankenheimer, who always denied paternity, took a DNA test in the 1980s which was negative.Was considered to direct Superman Returns (2006).Such is the intensely busy and chaotic nature of his film sets, the cast and crew generally refer to it as "Bayhem".Joined Propaganda Films two weeks out of graduate school. He befriended actor Djimon Hounsou, who was working across the street at a modeling agency. Djimon Hounsou later appeared in The Island (2005).One of 20 prominent filmmakers to sign a letter in protest of Premium Video on Demand, which allows films to be streamed by home viewers at a cost of $30 only 60 days after the film's release in theaters.Was challenged by German filmmaker Uwe Boll to a charity boxing match in 2008.Was reported to be fine and uninjured after fending off two men who attacked him demanding money--and carrying an "air conditioner" as a weapon--on the set of the latest Transformers (2007) sequel shooting in Hong Kong in October, 2013.Turned down the offer to direct Van Helsing (2004), opting to do The Island (2005) instead.Two of his films, Armageddon (1998) and The Rock (1996), are in the Criterion Collection.Uses a Mark V director's viewfinder while shooting a film. The viewfinder is often prominently featured in photographs of him, hung around his neck. It is engraved with his name and the names of every film he has directed.Owns two English Mastiff dogs, named Grace after the character played by Liv Tyler in Armageddon (1998) and Bonecrusher after the Decepticon that appeared in Transformers (2007). His bullmastiff Mason Rock Bay named the character Sean Connery played in the The Rock (1996)) died of old age in 2007.Was classmates with Joss Whedon in Wesleyan University. For graduate work, Bay attended the Art Center College of Design where he was classmates with Zack Snyder and Tarsem Singh.Was offered the chance to direct Man on Fire (2004).Was offer the opportunity to direct Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) but pulled out of the project due to scheduling conflicts.Was considered to direct Watchmen (2009).Michael was adopted when he was two weeks old, by Harriet (Markowitz) and Sheldon James "Jim" Bay, who raised him. He has a sister, Lisa Bay.One of the few directors to have won multiple Razzie Awards for Worst Director. He has won two. Both of his awards were for directing "Transformers" sequels.Is good friends with filmmakers J.C. Chandor and J.J. Abrams as they help one another on their films.Filmed the movie Armageddon (1998) with an eye towards Middle America. Has a love for Americana.Since the age of 26, Bay has won every major commercial directing award, including the Gold and Silver Lions at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. He also won the Grand Prix Clio for Commercial of the Year for his "Got Milk/Aaron Burr" commercial, which also won him the Museum of Modern Art Award for Best Campaign of the Year.Was originally set to direct King Arthur (2004) but dropped out.Good friends with Ben Affleck.He filmed the dynamic shots of the thrown dice in the gambling scenes for Adrian Lyne's Indecent Proposal (1993). He later "repossessed" the shots for a montage in Armageddon (1998).Cousin of Susan Bay Nimoy, cousin-in-law of Leonard Nimoy.Has directed seven films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing.President of The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness, also known as The Institute, a commercial and music video production company he founded with Scott Gardenhour.Received a post-graduate degree in Film at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design in California.He was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.Studied under film historian Jeanine Basinger at Wesleyan University; Basinger later provided audio commentary, along with Bay, for the Pearl Harbor (2001) DVD. Filmmakers Ruben Fleischer, Joss Whedon' and Benh Zeitlin are also Wesleyan graduates.Co-Founded Propoganda Films in the early 1990s.Was considered to direct Planet of the Apes (2001).Was offered the chance to direct Red Dragon (2002) but turned it down. Job went to Brett Ratner.He considers himself an old school director, preferring analog over digital, both in shooting on film stock and keeping CGI shots to a minimum, staging practical action and stunts whenever possible.Has produced remakes to five cult horror films: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).He is a very good friend to Don Michael Paul and even lent him some aerial shots from The Rock (1996) to Paul's movie Half Past Dead (2002).Ranked #47 on Premiere's 2005 Power 50 List. Previously ranked #54 in 2004.Filming Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) in the United States, Russia and possibly Africa. (July 2010)Was very interested in directing Speed (1994) and Drop Zone (1994), but was turned down for both.Was considered, at one point, to direct I Am Legend (2007).Directed the 1996 action film "The Rock" and many years later in 2013 directed Dwayne Johnson in "Pain & Gain". Johnson goes by the nickname "The Rock". |
| Name: |
Michael Bay |
Type: |
Producer,Director,Actor (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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Business scope: |
Producer,Director,Actor |
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Producer,Director,Actor |
| Model rank: |
218 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:53:34 |
| Height: |
6' 1' (1.85 m) |
| Biography: |
A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music videos. His first projects after film school were in the music video business. He created music videos for Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Lionel Richie, Wilson |
| Trivia: |
The Rock (1996) is his favorite of the films he has directed and Sean Connery is his favorite actor that he's ever worked with.All his films up to and including Armageddon (1998) made him the youngest director to reach the billion dollar mark world wide.He is a very close friend of writer/director George Lucas from whom he often seeks advice. As a teenager, he worked at ILM in the storyboard department for films like Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).In Bad Boys (1995), Bay paid $25,000 (one quarter of his fee) for the climax explosion scene. The initial shot was made impossible by a rainstorm, and the production company refused to pay for another try.Shot over 1 million feet of film for Pearl Harbor (2001). Used only about 20,000 feet for the final, 9-reel cut.Has a great respect for and is good friends with filmmaker Zack Snyder as they went to the same school and worked at Propaganda Films."Movieline" revealed in 2001 that Bay's father is John Frankenheimer. Frankenheimer, who always denied paternity, took a DNA test in the 1980s which was negative.Was considered to direct Superman Returns (2006).Such is the intensely busy and chaotic nature of his film sets, the cast and crew generally refer to it as "Bayhem".Joined Propaganda Films two weeks out of graduate school. He befriended actor Djimon Hounsou, who was working across the street at a modeling agency. Djimon Hounsou later appeared in The Island (2005).One of 20 prominent filmmakers to sign a letter in protest of Premium Video on Demand, which allows films to be streamed by home viewers at a cost of $30 only 60 days after the film's release in theaters.Was challenged by German filmmaker Uwe Boll to a charity boxing match in 2008.Was reported to be fine and uninjured after fending off two men who attacked him demanding money--and carrying an "air conditioner" as a weapon--on the set of the latest Transformers (2007) sequel shooting in Hong Kong in October, 2013.Turned down the offer to direct Van Helsing (2004), opting to do The Island (2005) instead.Two of his films, Armageddon (1998) and The Rock (1996), are in the Criterion Collection.Uses a Mark V director's viewfinder while shooting a film. The viewfinder is often prominently featured in photographs of him, hung around his neck. It is engraved with his name and the names of every film he has directed.Owns two English Mastiff dogs, named Grace after the character played by Liv Tyler in Armageddon (1998) and Bonecrusher after the Decepticon that appeared in Transformers (2007). His bullmastiff Mason Rock Bay named the character Sean Connery played in the The Rock (1996)) died of old age in 2007.Was classmates with Joss Whedon in Wesleyan University. For graduate work, Bay attended the Art Center College of Design where he was classmates with Zack Snyder and Tarsem Singh.Was offered the chance to direct Man on Fire (2004).Was offer the opportunity to direct Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) but pulled out of the project due to scheduling conflicts.Was considered to direct Watchmen (2009).Michael was adopted when he was two weeks old, by Harriet (Markowitz) and Sheldon James "Jim" Bay, who raised him. He has a sister, Lisa Bay.One of the few directors to have won multiple Razzie Awards for Worst Director. He has won two. Both of his awards were for directing "Transformers" sequels.Is good friends with filmmakers J.C. Chandor and J.J. Abrams as they help one another on their films.Filmed the movie Armageddon (1998) with an eye towards Middle America. Has a love for Americana.Since the age of 26, Bay has won every major commercial directing award, including the Gold and Silver Lions at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. He also won the Grand Prix Clio for Commercial of the Year for his "Got Milk/Aaron Burr" commercial, which also won him the Museum of Modern Art Award for Best Campaign of the Year.Was originally set to direct King Arthur (2004) but dropped out.Good friends with Ben Affleck.He filmed the dynamic shots of the thrown dice in the gambling scenes for Adrian Lyne's Indecent Proposal (1993). He later "repossessed" the shots for a montage in Armageddon (1998).Cousin of Susan Bay Nimoy, cousin-in-law of Leonard Nimoy.Has directed seven films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing.President of The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness, also known as The Institute, a commercial and music video production company he founded with Scott Gardenhour.Received a post-graduate degree in Film at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design in California.He was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.Studied under film historian Jeanine Basinger at Wesleyan University; Basinger later provided audio commentary, along with Bay, for the Pearl Harbor (2001) DVD. Filmmakers Ruben Fleischer, Joss Whedon' and Benh Zeitlin are also Wesleyan graduates.Co-Founded Propoganda Films in the early 1990s.Was considered to direct Planet of the Apes (2001).Was offered the chance to direct Red Dragon (2002) but turned it down. Job went to Brett Ratner.He considers himself an old school director, preferring analog over digital, both in shooting on film stock and keeping CGI shots to a minimum, staging practical action and stunts whenever possible.Has produced remakes to five cult horror films: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).He is a very good friend to Don Michael Paul and even lent him some aerial shots from The Rock (1996) to Paul's movie Half Past Dead (2002).Ranked #47 on Premiere's 2005 Power 50 List. Previously ranked #54 in 2004.Filming Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) in the United States, Russia and possibly Africa. (July 2010)Was very interested in directing Speed (1994) and Drop Zone (1994), but was turned down for both.Was considered, at one point, to direct I Am Legend (2007).Directed the 1996 action film "The Rock" and many years later in 2013 directed Dwayne Johnson in "Pain & Gain". Johnson goes by the nickname "The Rock". |
| Trademarks: |
Intense slow motion shots of characters
Films often feature a US President giving a major speech before a major action is to be committed.
Has the camera moving during most scenes Very rarely uses static shots
(2001) His last 3 films all share: a) two male leads at odds with another; b) a cataclysmic event as the narrative's fulcrumic point; c) the film's lead female character has i) been a long-haired brunette, and ii) watched the film's climax from a control room
Actors/characters in his films are almost uniformly shot in tight, emphatic close ups, framed under the hairline and above the chin. |
| Quotes: |
A lot of directors don't want the pressure of a movie the size of 'Pearl Harbor (2001)'. But I love it. I thrive on it.
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I love it when people get really mean and call you a 'hack'. It's like, don't they see how well these movies are doing? They make an impression around the world. I met this guy in Bali who lives in a hut with a TV, and he loved The Rock (1996). That means something, doesn't it?
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Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great!
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I make movies for teenage boys. Oh, dear, what a crime.
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I know [critics] have [been tough on my movies]. And that's why I've taken Jerry Bruckheimer's advice: I don't read them, I really don't. |
| Salaries: |
Pearl Harbor (2001) - $25,000,000 (Director's Gross Earnings)
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Bad Boys (1995) - $100,000 (directing fee) |
| Job title: |
Producer,Director,Actor |
| Others works: |
(1998-99) TV commercial: Directed Nike "Alpha Project"
(1996) TV commercial: Directed the "Aaron Burr" "Got Milk?" TV commercial for the American Dairy Association
(1990) Music video: Directed "I Touch Myself" vid |
| Parents: |
Harriet Bay (Markowitz)
Sheldon James Bay |
| Relatives: |
Lisa Bay (Sibling)
Susan Bay Nimoy (Cousin) |
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