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Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17 , 1965 ) is an American Film Director and Producer . His Film s are known for their fast paced action sequences and ultra-kinetic Cinematography . His most recent film, '', an unusual fate for a director whose previous four films made more than $100 million each. Two of his films, '' Pearl Harbor '' and '' Armageddon '', were nominated for Golden Raspberry Awards , and his films, with exception of '' The Rock '', have received continuous critical disdain who condemn him for his overblown and over-the-top direction and his use of fast immediate cuts. Bay is often used as an example when critics complain about the lack of artistry in mainstream films. Prior to his film career, he directed Music Video s for artists including Aerosmith , Tina Turner , Meat Loaf , and the Divinyls . He has also directed Television Commercial s for brands including Got Milk? , Budweiser , Nike , Levi's , Victoria's Secret , Chevrolet , Lexus and AT&T . Bay is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Art Center College Of Design . PERSONAL LIFE Bay was raised in Westwood District Of Los Angeles by a child-psychologist mother and an accountant father. According to a 2001 '' Rolling Stone '' article, written as part of the publicity for '' Pearl Harbor '', Bay is adopted, and he decided to try to find out who his Biological Parents were when he was twenty. The article says "someone told him it was John Frankenheimer ," but the claim is deliberately vague: :"I got it out of my {Link without Title} mom, I think...anyway, it's now this big rumor around Hollywood." The article later points out that Frankenheimer denies that Bay is his son. As of 2005, his official website has an FAQ entry about the subject, which reads: :Q: Is it true that Michael's biological father is a Hollywood director? Who is it? :A: While this issue is none of our business, I'll answer this question in Michael's own words: "You can probably hurt a lot of people by saying it is ." ''.]] Frankenheimer eventually took a paternity test to demonstrate that Bay was not his son. Romantically, he has had relationships with former Playboy playmates Jaime Bergman and Lisa Dergan . FILMOGRAPHY As of 2006 Bay has directed six Feature Film s and is scheduled to direct a seventh: Director
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TRIVIA Bay is the focus of the song "The End of an Act" from the '''' soundtrack. Trey Parker and Matt Stone , the makers of '' South Park '', criticize the film '' Pearl Harbor '' as one of Bay's worst films in this romantic Parody . The song opens with "I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark when he made ''Pearl Harbor''." Many critics blasted Bay for apparently reusing a scene from his 2003 Bad Boys II in his latest film The Island (2005). The sequence in Bad Boys II involves a freeway chase in which the villains thrown cars from a flatbed truck to discourage police pursuit. In The Island the protagonists are forced to throw massive iron tires from a moving truck in order to defend themselves against a mercenary force. In the commentary track for The Island, Michael Bay claims that all he has done was "improved upon" the Boys II scene. The Island came under fire for its blatant use of product placements. For example, the XBox logo is prominently displayed in a scene involving a virtual fighting simulator. When Ewan McGregor's character access a search engine on a computer terminal, the MSN butterfly logo is also clearly featured. EXTERNAL LINKS
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