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Michael Bay Biography
Birth Name:Michael Benjamin Bay
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession Producer, Director, Actor, Camera department, Music department, Script department
Fast Facts
- Received the ShoWest Vanguard Award for excellence in filmmaking in 2009
- Interested in film as a child, he once attached firecrackers to a toy train and filmed the incident on his mother's 8mm camera
- Primarily known for his action movies with plot lines that involve war or the destruction of Earth
- Collaborates with producer Jerry Bruckheimer on a majority of his films
- Spent $25,000 of his own money to pay for the climactic explosion scene at the end of "Bad Boys․"
- As a teenager, he worked for George Lucas as a storyboard filer
Awards
- 1997Yoga Award-Worst Foreign Film: winner
- 1999Saturn Award-Best Director: winner
- 1999Razzie Award-Worst Director: nominated
- 1999Razzie Award-Worst Picture: nominated
- 2001Stinker Award-Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again!): nominated
- 2002Razzie Award-Worst Director: nominated
- 2003DVD Premiere Award-Best Overall New Extra Features, New Release: nominated
- 2003DVD Premiere Award-Best New, Enhanced or Reconstructed Movie Scenes: nominated
- 2007Scream Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2009EDA Female Focus Award-Sexist Pig Award: nominated
- 2009Scream Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2010Razzie Award-Worst Director: winner
- 2010SFX Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2012Razzie Award-Worst Director: nominated
- 2015Razzie Award-Worst Director: winner
- 2018Jury Prize-Commendable Imported Film: winner
- 2018Razzie Award-Worst Director: nominated
- 2019ACCA-Best Motion Picture: nominated
- 2019Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture: nominated
- 2019MCFCA Award-Best Horror Film: winner
- 2019PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
- 2021Jury Prize-Commendable Imported Film: nominated
- 2021HCA Award-Best Horror Film: nominated
- 2021People's Choice Award-The Drama Movie of 2021: nominated
- 2022IFJA Award-Best Director: nominated