Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. Bay is best known for making large-budget action films, such as Armageddon, The Rock, Pearl Harbor, Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and producing remakes of horror movies such as Friday The 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as well as the upcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Biography

Early life

Bay was born in Los Angeles and raised there by his adoptive parents, Harriet, a bookstore owner/child psychiatrist, and Jim, a CPA.Michael Bay Biography (1965-) His cousin is Susan Bay, the wife of actor Leonard Nimoy.moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/04/21/michael-bay-afraid-to-offend-leonard-nimoy-with-transformers-family-reunion-offer/ He attended the exclusive Crossroads School, in Santa Monica, California, where the "Hollywood Elite," including film stars, send their children. He donated his Bar Mitzvah money to an animal shelter.Rolling Stone Later in his adult life, he graduated from Wesleyan University in 1987, where he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. He opted to study film at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.