Michael Bay

Michael Bay

Bay in 2008
Born Michael Benjamin Bay
February 17, 1965 (1965-02-17) (age 45)
, U.S.
Occupation Film director
Film producer
Years active 1984–present

Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for directing high-budget action-adventure films characterized for their fast edits and substantial use of practical effects.[1][2] His films, which include Bad Boys, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and Transformers, have grossed over three billion dollars world-wide.[3] He is co-founder of commercial production house The Institute, a.k.a. The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness.[4] He is co-chair and part-owner of the special effects house Digital Domain.[5] He co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house which has remade horror movies including Friday the 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and A Nightmare on Elm Street.[6]

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Personal life

Michael Bay was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He was raised by his adoptive parents Harriet, a bookstore owner/child psychiatrist, and Jim, a CPA.[7] His cousin, Susan Bay, is the wife of Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy.[8] He attended the exclusive Crossroads School, in Santa Monica, California.[9] 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 8mm camera. The firemen were called and he was grounded.[10] He got his start in the film industry interning with George Lucas when he was fifteen, filing the storyboards for Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, which he thought was going to be "terrible." But his opinion changed after seeing it in the theatre and he was so impressed by the experience that he decided to become a film director.[11] He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1986, majoring in both English and Film.[12][13] He was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity and a favorite student of film historian Jeanine Basinger.[14] For his graduate work, he attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena where he also studied film.

He lives in Los Angeles and Miami with his two bullmastiffs, Bonecrusher and Grace, named for characters in Transformers and Armageddon, respectively. He loves animals. As a boy he donated his Bar Mitzvah money to an animal shelter and often includes his bullmastiff dogs in his films.[15] Mason the dog's last appearance in a film was as Miles' dog in Transformers. He died during production of that film in March 2007.[16][17] On September 1, 2010, Bay offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the capture and prosecution of a young woman who appeared in a video on YouTube casually throwing puppies into a river to drown them as well as her accomplice who videotaped the act. He retracted the offer when an individual came forth on the site to confess to the crime. [18]

Early career

Michael Bay began working at Propaganda Films, directing commercials and music videos, two weeks after finishing his post-graduate degree. His 90-second World War II-inspired Coca-Cola ad was picked up by Capitol Records. His first national commercial for the Red Cross won a Clio Award in 1992.[19][20] He created the Got Milk? advertisement campaign for the California Milk Processors Board in 1993.[21]

Music videos

Year Song Band Notes
2001 "There You'll Be" Faith Hill Theme from Pearl Harbor
1997 "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" Aerosmith
1994 "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" Meat Loaf
1994 "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" Meat Loaf
1993 "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" Meat Loaf
1992 "You Won't See Me Cry" Wilson Phillips
1992 "Do It to Me" Lionel Richie
1992 "Love Thing" Tina Turner
1991 "I Touch Myself" Divinyls
1989 "I'll Be Holding On" Gregg Allman from the movie Black Rain
1989 "Angelia" Richard Marx
1989 "Soldier of Love" Donny Osmond

Filmography

Bad Boys

Bay's success in music videos gained the attention of producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson who selected him to direct his first feature-length film, Bad Boys. The film was shot in Miami in 1994 and starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. The action film proved to be a break-out role for actor Will Smith who was segueing from television to films at that 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.[22] The film was completed for $19 million dollars and grossed a remarkable $141 million at the box office in the summer of 1995.[23] Bay's success led to a strong partnership and friendship with Jerry Bruckheimer.[24]

The Rock

His follow-up film, The Rock (1996), was an action movie set on Alcatraz Island, and in the San Francisco Bay area. It starred Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris. It was also produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson, the latter of whom died five months before the film's release. The film is dedicated to him.[25] Connery and Cage won 'Best On-Screen Duo' at the MTV Movie Awards in 1997 and the film was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Achievment in Sound category for the work of Greg P. Russell, Kevin O'Connell, and Keith A. Wester.[26][27]

Armageddon

In 1998, Bay collaborated with Jerry Bruckheimer again, this time as a co-producer, as well as directing the action-adventure film Armageddon.[28][29] The film, about a group of tough oil drillers who are sent by NASA to deflect an asteroid away from a collision course with Earth, starred Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler. It was nominated for 4 Oscars at the 71st Academy Awards including Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, and Best Original Song.[30] The film earned 9.6 million dollars on its opening day and a total of 36.5 million through the first weekend.[31] The production budget, $140 million dollars, was one of the highest of the summer of 1998. Armageddon went on to gross over $553 million dollars worldwide.[32]

Pearl Harbor

In 2001, Bay directed Pearl Harbor. It starred Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale and Cuba Gooding, Jr. The film was released on Memorial Day weekend in 2001. Again, Bay produced the film with Jerry Bruckheimer. The film received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing and Best Song. Again, Kevin O'Connell received another nomination for Best Sound, but he did not win. Pearl Harbor won in the category for Sound Editing.[33] Michael Bay also directed the music video for nominated track "There You'll Be" by vocal artist Faith Hill.

Bad Boys II

Bay reteamed with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for Bad Boys II, an event which also marked Bay's fifth collaboration with Jerry Bruckheimer. The film grossed $138 million domestically, enough to cover the production budget, and $273 million worldwide, almost twice as much as the first movie.

The Island

In 2005, Bay directed The Island, a science-fiction film starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. It was the first film Michael Bay made without Jerry Bruckheimer. The Island cost $126 million to produce. It earned $46 million domestically and $172 million worldwide. Bay stated that he was not comfortable with the domestic marketing campaign as it confused the audience as to the true subject of the film.[34]

Transformers

Bay filming on the set of Transformers.

In 2007, he directed and teamed up with Steven Spielberg to produce Transformers, a live action film based on the Transformers franchise. The film was released in the U.S. and Canada on July 3, 2007, with 8 p.m. preview screenings on July 2. The previews earned $8.8 million, and in its first day of general release it grossed $27.8 million, a record for Tuesday box office attendance. It broke the record held by Spider-Man 2 for the biggest July 4 gross, making $29 million. On its opening weekend, Transformers grossed $70.5 million, amounting to a $155.4 million opening week, giving it the record for the biggest opening week for a non-sequel. As of November 2007, the film has made over $319 million domestically and over $708 million worldwide.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Bay returned as director and executive producer for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which was released on June 24, 2009 and went on to gross over $832 million worldwide. Although it received mostly negative reviews by critics,[35] the film was well-received by its intended audience and was one of the highest-grossing films of 2009.[36][37]

American film critics such as Roger Ebert,[38] Michael Phillips[39] and David Denby[40] aggressively criticized the film. In 2010, it had the dubious distinction of earning seven Golden Raspberry Award nominations and winning three: Worst Picture, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay.[41]

The Transformers films have grossed more than $1.5 billion domestically and $3.5 billion worldwide. As of 2009, Michael Bay's worldwide box office totals make him the director with the 8th highest domestic US gross of all time (not adjusted for inflation).[42] It was also one of the best selling DVD and blu ray discs of 2009, second only to Twilight in DVD format and the number one of all time in blu-ray format until it was surpassed by blu ray sales of James Cameron's Avatar in April 2010.[43][44][45]

Filmography

Year Film Credited as
Director Producer Actor Role
1986 Miami Vice (TV series) Yes Goon #3
1990 Playboy Video Centerfold: Kerri Kendall Yes
1995 Bad Boys Yes
1996 The Rock Yes
1998 Armageddon Yes Yes Yes NASA Scientist
1999 Mystery Men Yes Frat boy
2000 Coyote Ugly Yes photographer
2001 Pearl Harbor Yes Yes
2003 Bad Boys II Yes Yes Bad car driver
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Yes
2005 The Amityville Horror Yes
The Island Yes Yes
2006 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Yes
2007 The Hitcher Yes
Transformers Yes Yes Yes Flicked by Megatron
2009 The Unborn Yes
Friday the 13th Yes
Horsemen Yes
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Yes Yes Yes Behind Optimus Prime in C-17 Globemaster III
2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street Yes
2011 Transformers 3 Yes Yes TBC

Current projects

Bay confirmed that he will direct Transformers 3, set to be released on July 1, 2011.[46]

After Transformers 3 is completed, he may direct a sequel to Bad Boys franchise or a "small" film he's been developing for years, tentatively called Pain & Gain.[47] The true crime story, based on events described in a Miami Herald article[48] written by Pete Collins, concerns a group of bumbling bodybuilders working together to commit a robbery.

Bay is producing DreamWorks' I Am Number Four, based on a series of novels by authors James Frey and Jobie Hughes published by HarperCollins Children's Books. D. J. Caruso (Eagle Eye, Disturbia) is slated to direct.[49][50]

Bay will co-produce One Way Out, a reality series that pits ordinary people against each other as they try to keep their pasts hidden and builds toward a showdown where all those secrets will be revealed.[51]

Gideon's Sword, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's novel set for release in February 2011, was optioned by Bay Films and will be produced by Michael Bay. The main character, Gideon Crew, avenges the death of his father.[52][53]

Awards

Bay has received five MTV Movie Awards: Best Movie and Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet for Transformers, Best Action Scene for Pearl Harbor, Best Action Scene for Bad Boys II, and Best Action Scene for The Rock. In 1994, Bay was honored by the Directors Guild of America with an award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials.[54]

Michael Bay received the ShoWest 2009 Vanguard Award for excellence in filmmaking at the confab of theater owners.[55]

Production and FX companies

Platinum Dunes

Bay founded this production house with fellow producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form in 2001. Their first film, a remake of the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, netted over $110 million dollars worldwide.[56] They continue to produce remakes of classic horror films and introduce new film makers including Sam Bayer (a music video director like himself) and Marcus Nispel.[57] In 2009, Friday the 13th grossed over $90 million dollars worldwide.[58] A Nightmare on Elm Street starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Krueger, was released in theatres in April 2010 and went on to earn over 100 million dollars worldwide.[59]

Paramount Pictures signed a first look deal with Platinum Dunes in 2009.[60] As part of this new relationship, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon have brought Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form on to produce Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the live-action film that reboots the film series launched by New Line in 1990. Bay, Fuller and Form will produce with Galen Walker and Scott Mednick.[61]

Digital Domain

Bay and Wyndcrest Holdings, a Florida-based investment firm, acquired the special effects company Digital Domain from James Cameron and Stan Winston in 1996, infusing the struggling business with a $50 million dollar investment.[5] Digital Domain considered an initial public offering in 2009 but ultimately withdrew the offer, because of the lack of interest. Currently a work for hire visual effects production house, Digital Domain plans to expand its efforts in the video gaming industry and become a full-fledged motion picture production house. Headquartered in Venice, Los Angeles, California, the company is also working to open branches in Vancouver Canada and the state of Florida.[62]

The Institute

After leaving Propaganda Films, Bay and producer Scott Gardenhour, also formerly at Propaganda, formed The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness[63] (now known as The Institute), to produce commercials and other projects. Through The Institute, Bay has directed and produced spots for Victoria's Secret, Lexus, Budweiser, Reebok, Mercedes-Benz, and Nike. His most recent advertisement for Victoria Secret was the 2009 "A Thousand Fantasies" holiday campaign.[64]

References in popular culture

In 2008, Bay spoofed himself in an advertisement for the Commonwealth Bank in Australia and again for a Verizon FiOS commercial, where he detonates various items within his home that he deemed "awesome" with special effects explosives.[65]

A caricature of Michael Bay appeared in the South Park episode "Imaginationland: Episode I". Bay, M. Night Shyamalan, and Mel Gibson are asked by the Pentagon to think of a way to rescue the collective human imagination from the terrorists holding it captive. Bay is dismissed because his plans "are not ideas, they're special effects."[66]

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External links

Films directed by Michael Bay
1990s
Bad Boys (1995) · The Rock (1996) · Armageddon (1998)
2000s
Pearl Harbor (2001) · Bad Boys II (2003) · The Island (2005) · Transformers (2007) · Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
2010s
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Platinum Dunes
Films
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) • The Amityville Horror (2005) • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) • The Hitcher (2007) • The Unborn (2009) • Friday the 13th (2009) • Horsemen (2009) • A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Company creators
Michael Bay • Brad Fuller • Andrew Form
Other
Rogue Pictures • New Line Cinema