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  Michael Bay on Virb.com
Bay continued his hot streak in 2001, directing the epic Pearl Harbor and sharing producer credit on the film with Bruckheimer.
In 1995, Bay, at the young age of 27, was honored by the Directors Guild of America as Commercial Director of the Year.
Bay is the youngest director to have won nearly every award bestowed by the advertising industry.
www.virb.com /michaelbay   (977 words)

  
  DVD Review - Michael Bay Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Michael Bay is exercising a great deal of control over his work for the film’s theatrical run, but when it comes to video, certain issues are beyond even his control.
Michael Bay has a rather relaxed view on these issues considering that he is one of the people creating these films.
Bay was especially surprised to hear that Criterion have lost much of their reputation in the DVD ranks due to the fact that they ignore people’s comments and do not utilize DVD’s capabilities to its maximum.
www.dvdreview.com /html/dvd_review_-_michael_bay_interview.shtml   (2371 words)

  
 Michael Bay vs. his critics. - By Bryan Curtis - Slate Magazine
Bay's critics say that such calamities are nothing compared with the hellfire the director is unleashing on the American cinema.
The apoplexy Bay's movies inspire reveals something interesting about film critics: That no matter how much they insist that they've made their peace with the summer movie, and its bullying domination of the multiplex, they can still go limp at the idea of the summer movie as an artistic end in and of itself.
Bay is a pure creature of summer, a man who has no ambition other than to dazzle and pummel.
www.slate.com /id/2120961   (1204 words)

  
 Interview - Michael Bay, Michael Clarke Duncan and Djimon Hounsou for "The Island"
One of the summer's most intriguing films would have to be Michael Bay's The Island, a film about two clones on the run searching for their original counterparts.
Michael Clarke Duncan: I said, I'm ready to go.  Let's shoot the scene.  I already have the tears because I knew he was going to do that.  That's how it came about.
Michael Bay: I love Kubrick and the scariest shot I think I've ever seen in a movie is those two twins down the hallway.
www.darkhorizons.com /news05/island2.php   (2560 words)

  
 Official Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Movie, Produced by Michael Bay. Coming to Local Movie Theaters October ...
Bay's first television spot - for the American Red Cross - was a Clio winner, and it heralded an expeditious rise from anonymity to renown.
Bay is the youngest director to have won nearly every award bestowed by the advertising industry.
Bay is already at work on his next movie, Transformers, which is readying to begin production in spring of 2006 for Dreamworks SKG and Paramount Pictures.
www.texaschainsawmovie.com /michael-bay.html   (618 words)

  
 Michael Bay | /Film
Science Fiction novelist Whitley Strieber has confirmed long running rumors that Transformers helmer Michael Bay is interested in directing a film adaptation of 2012: The War for the Souls.
Transformers director Michael Bay says he will probably leave preproduction on a Transformers sequel so that he can work on another film before the big Hollywood strike of 2008.
A few months back it was reported that Michael Bay would direct a apocalyptic thriller 2012: The War for Souls, based on the forthcoming book by Whitley Strieber.
www.slashfilm.com /tag/michael-bay   (464 words)

  
 Quint sits down with Michael Bay and sees tons of TRANSFORMERS stuff!!! -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, ...
Bay was called away to talk to the screenwriters for a few minutes and when he returned he asked me into the meeting room.
Bay was flipping through more of the concept art and character designs and he seemed unsure of what to show me. Reluctantly, he plucked out another piece and slid it over.
Bay later revealed that although this is the beginning of the movie, it isn't the first thing we see.
www.aintitcool.com /display.cgi?id=23105   (2938 words)

  
 The Island and Michael Bay: What Happened to Michael Bay?
Michael Bay blames it on several factors, including poor marketing efforts and the fact that McGregor and Johansson are not hugely recognized stars.
The essence of Bay's style was not the incredible story line or the careful character development; it was instead the visceral thrill he was delivering visually and, as is the case in the new mega theaters with THX and Dolby Digital surround sound, aurally.
This is not to say Bay is worthless as a filmmaker; rather, audiences are ready for cinema to be spun in yet another direction.
www.thesimon.com /magazine/articles/why_are_they_famous/0912_what_happened_michael_bay.html   (1371 words)

  
 IGN: Featured Filmmaker: Michael Bay
Bay himself is a fascinating figure, and a more complex one than his defiantly pop films might suggest.
Let's start with his parentage: Bay claims to be the biological son of the late director John Frankenheimer, which the veteran director vigorously denied (DNA tests allegedly came down on Frankenheimer's side).
For Michael Bay, it was apparently this absolutely awful historical romance/war epic, a laughably obtuse and overblown retelling of the events before, during, and after the Japanese sneak attack on U.S. Naval forces at Pearl Harbor.
movies.ign.com /articles/429/429549p1.html   (1249 words)

  
 Michael Bay at AllExperts
Bay was raised in Westwood district of Los Angeles by his adoptive parentsâ€"Jimmy and Harriet Bayâ€"who hailed from Canada.
Bay is the focus of the song "The End of an Act" from the Team America: World Police soundtrack.
Bay defended this criticism on the DVD commentary by saying that it's not realistic to portray a world without advertising.
en.allexperts.com /e/m/mi/michael_bay.htm   (814 words)

  
 Michael Bay
A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on...
Michael Bay has 4 in-development credits available on IMDbPro.com.
Which Michael Bay film do you hate the least?
www.imdb.com /name/nm0000881   (466 words)

  
 2012: Michael Bay on Soul Patrol at Warner Bros.? - TMZ.com
Apparently, 2012 will be a big year for planet Earth, at least according to many folk traditions: 2012 is suppossedly to be a year of either great spiritual transformation -- or apocalypse.
They're guys who cut their teeth on cheesy TV cult classics like "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and "Xena: Warrior Princess," but who are now writing a new "Star Trek" film script for powerhouse film director J.J. Abrams, and may write the "2012" script, too.
Bay's Platinum Dunes production company recently embarked on a remake of "The Birds" at Universal (first reported in this column) and released a remake of "The Hitcher" earlier this year.
www.tmz.com /2007/03/15/2012-michael-bay-on-soul-patrol   (562 words)

  
 Michael Loeb Photography - Wedding Photographer in the San Francisco, CA Bay Area
Michael photographed his first wedding at age 13 as a favor for his cousin, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Michael is proud of an achievement made where his business was the featured vendor on the 1/2 hour TV program titled "The Wedding Show".
Michael prides himself on his ability to communicate with his clients and the other professionals involved in his clients' wedding.
www.loebphotography.com /info.html   (495 words)

  
 Cinema Confidential News: 07/19/05 - INTERVIEW: Michael Bay on "The Island"
He brings his action flare to this story about a futuristic society where the rich and famous have dreams about living forever, and to achieve that, they donate their DNA and cells to be raised as clones in a secluded and isolated world.
MICHAEL: I walked into a studio meeting and I met with 5 people: Steven Spielberg, Walter Parkes, Laurie [MacDonald], Adam Goodman and Mark Haymes.
MICHAEL: What I really intended [is] when the audience leaves, I want people to think, “Would you, if you could, have a clone?” If there were a facility like this, I’m sure there’s enough selfish people in the world that would want to do this.
www.cinecon.com /news.php?id=0507191   (1247 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Michael Bay   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Soon Bay is sitting inside an editing room, peering at a computer screen showing Ben Affleck in his plane looking mightily concerned as tracers streak in his direction and crap blows up all around him.
The thing about Bay is that he seems nice enough, but he also seems to be all surface, all good looks, and not a lot of depth.
Not that Bay really cares who his real parents are, but when he was twenty he thought it might be interesting to learn a little more about them.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5931885/michael_bay   (3025 words)

  
 news blog   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bay was joined by DreamWorks production chief Adam Goodman and Brian Goldner, chief operating officer of Hasbro and an exec producer on the pic.
Bay, the director of bombastic popcorn cinema like "Armageddon" and "Bad Boys," sat down with MTV News to discuss the footage that every fanboy or fangirl would die to see.
Bay says the other voices are all temporary and casting is still in progress.
www.michaelbay.com /blog/newsblog.html   (1251 words)

  
 ‘The Island’ has all the elements of a Michael Bay classic
So quiet has the media been that Bay laments that this could hurt the film, "I've heard so many people say, 'God, I never heard about this movie,' and then in the next sentence they'll say, 'I love this movie,' You see, what's going on in the studio system...
However, this particular film has got all the ingredients of a Michael Bay classic and we won't be surprised if it turns out to be a grand winner in the summer.
The views expressed in the articles are not necessarily those of earthtimes.org and we accept no responsibility for the views or opinions expressed in the articles either direct or indirect.
www.earthtimes.org /articles/show/3611.html   (505 words)

  
 Transformers The Movie - Hasbro's New Transformers Movie - Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks - Michael Bay Director
Director Michael Bay and Dreamworks Studio runner Steven Spielberg have been spotted running around the small town of Alamogordo, New Mexico (NM).
The feature, based on the globally popular Transformers franchise, will be directed by Michael Bay (upcoming “The Island,” “Armageddon”) from a screenplay being written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (upcoming “The Island”).
In making the announcement, DreamWorks head of distribution Jim Tharp stated, “Under the direction of Michael Bay, and with Steven Spielberg executive producing, we know that ‘Transformers’ is going to be the kind of explosive action movie that is perfect for the height of the summer movie season.
www.transformerland.com /transformers-the-movie.html   (2232 words)

  
 Michael Bay
Bay na to suše odpověděl, že v té době ještě nebyly testy tak kvalitní.
Nastal čas trochu změnit žánr a tak se Bay uchýlil ke katastrofickému žánru.
Diváci, pro které značka Michael Bay byla dostatečnou zárukou zábavy přišli do kin v ještě větším houfu a nechali ještě více peněz, což samozřejmě nejvíc ocenil producent Jerry Bruckheimer.
www.csfd.cz /reziser.php?2818   (853 words)

  
 Michael Bay   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Born and adopted in the motion picture capital of Los Angeles, California, Bay took advantage of his natural surroundings and started his film career in the advertising industry, directing music videos and commercials.
Bay claimed in Moveline magazine that his bioligical father is director John Frankenheimer.
However, Bay apparently still insists his father is Frankenheimer.
www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=1417   (300 words)

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