Michael Bay - Milestones

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• 2001: Directed the big-budget WWII-era set "Pearl Harbor"; again produced by Bruckheimer
• 1998: Signed two-year multimillion dollar producing and directing deal with Disney
• 1998: Helmed the big-budget actioner "Armageddon", produced by Bruckheimer
• 1998: Announced plans to develop a TV series "Quantico" for Fox; still in development as of 2001
• 1996: Leaped onto "A" list of directors with "The Rock"
• 1995: Made feature film directorial debut with "Bad Boys"; produced by Simpson and Bruckheimer
• 1988: Began directing music videos, re-launching Donny Osmond's career and also directing for Meatloaf, Tina Turner, and others
• Formed Bay Films
• Formed Platinum Dunes, a production company designed to produce lower-budgeted films; announced first project in January 2002, a "reconceptualization" of the 1974 horror film "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
• First collaboration with Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, the music video for "Days of Thunder"
• Used parents Super-8 movie camera to make films as a teenager
• At age 15, worked in a filing job at Lucasfilm
• Was one of the principals in Propaganda Films; directed TV commercials for The Red Cross, Milk, Coca Cola, Nike, many others
• Raised in Westwood, California