Biography
While he certainly made a lot of money for his studio bosses, Bay earned considerable scorn from critics and other detractors, who deplored his testosterone-fueled action vehicles that were full of incessantly moving camerawork and frenetic editing, as well as short on story and three dimensional characters. Bay first made waves in the commercial world with his CLIO-winning "Got Milk?" ad campaign, while helping to reinvigorating the music …
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Career Milestones
| At age 15, worked in an office job at Lucasfilm | ||
| Formed Bay Films | ||
| Was one of the principals in Propaganda Films; directed TV commercials for Budweiser, Milk, Coca Cola, Nike, etc. | ||
1988 | Began directing music videos, re-launching Donny Osmond's career and also directing for Meatloaf, Tina Turner, etc. | |
1990 | First collaboration with Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, directed the music video for "Days of Thunder" | |
1995 | Made feature directorial debut with "Bad Boys"; produced by Simpson and Bruckheimer and co-starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence | |
1996 | Again collaborated with Bruckheimer and Simpson for "The Rock" | |
1998 | Directed the big-budget film "Armageddon"; co-produced with Jerry Bruckheimer | |
1998 | Signed two-year multimillion dollar producing and directing deal with Disney | |
2001 | Directed the big-budget WWII-era set "Pearl Harbor"; again produced by Bruckheimer | |
2001 | Formed Platinum Dunes, with Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form, a production company designed to produce lower-budgeted films | |
2003 | First film released under Platinum Dunes was a 'reconceptualization' of the 1974 horror film "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" | |
2003 | Re-teamed with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for the sequel "Bad Boys II"; also marked fifth collaboration with Bruckheimer | |
2005 | Helmed first film without Bruckheimer producing, "The Island"; co-starred Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson | |
2006 | Bought the special effects company Digital Domain from former owners James Cameron and Stan Winston | |
2007 | Teamed with Steven Spielberg (the executive producer) to direct "Transformers," a live action film based on the franchise and toy line | |
2009 | Returned as director of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"; re-teamed with Spielberg as producer | |
2011 | Returned once again to direct "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"; re-teamed with Spielberg who was the executive producer | |