Known for:	Pearl Harbor, Armageddon, The Island
Birth name:	Michael Benjamin Bay
Birthday:	17 February 1965, Los Angeles, California, USA
Height:	6' 2" (1.88 m)

German film director Uwe Boll has challenged Hollywood rival Michael Bay to a boxing match to settle their differences after an internet war of words.


German film director UWE BOLL has challenged Hollywood rival MICHAEL BAY to a boxing match, to settle their differences after an internet war of words.The battle started after much-criticised BloodRayne director Boll vowed to quit making movies if one million people signed an online petition asking him to do so.Boll reacted furiously to news film
Video games are all about action: shooting aliens, slaying dragons, crashing cars. But the industry's focus on high-octane mayhem means a lot of other genres - romance, say, or comedy - are neglected. Imagine that Hollywood released nothing but Michael Bay films and you'll have some idea of the state of video-game storytelling.


Director MICHAEL BAY has threatened not to make a TRANSFORMERS sequel after hearing that executives at Paramount studios have committed to release the summer (07) blockbuster on HD DVD format in favour of state-of-the-art Blu-ray.Bay revealed his decision in an early morning post - under the headline ‘Paramount P**ses Me Off!’ - on his website
"Transformers" director Michael Bay rejected on Monday claims that he had an altercation with the late actress Lana Clarkson at a Hollywood Hills party in January 2003, which defense says probably added to her suicidal tendency. The B-list actress was found dead of a gun shot wound to her mouth at Phil Spector's mansion just a few days after the party.

The 42-year-old director said he did not see the 6-foot blonde that day and that there is no question of an unpleasant encounter with her as claimed by a defense witness.
Director MICHAEL BAY testified at the PHIL SPECTOR murder trial on Monday (06Aug07) to again deny claims he snubbed actress LANA CLARKSON at a party two days before her death.The Transformers filmmaker took the stand at a Los Angeles court after being called by the prosecution. Last month (Jul07), Bay was called by the defence
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The director of this summer's blockbuster ''Transformers'' was called by prosecutors as a rebuttal witness at Phil Spector's murder trial on Monday.


E! Online - The Phil Spector trial reached blockbuster status today.
Transformers director Michael Bay credits George Lucas with inspiring his career as a Hollywood film maker - after working for the Star Wars mogul as a young intern. Bay was a teenager when he was given the chance to spend time at Lucas' company LucasFilm, which was creating Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark at the time.


Transformers director MICHAEL BAY credits GEORGE LUCAS with inspiring his career as a Hollywood film maker - after working for the Star Wars mogul as a young intern.Bay was a teenager when he was given the chance to spend time at Lucas’ company LucasFilm, which was creating Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark
Director Michael Bay has hit back at Bruce Willis after the actor wrote an internet blog vowing never to work with him again. The pair fell out on the set of Armageddon, prompting Willis to recently write, "Few people will work with Bay now, and I know I will never work with him again. A screaming director does not make for a pleasant set experience."


Director MICHAEL BAY has hit back at BRUCE WILLIS after the actor wrote an internet blog vowing never to work with him again.The pair fell out on the set of Armageddon, prompting Willis to recently write, "Few people will work with Bay now, and I know I will never work with him again. A screaming
Moviemaker Michael Bay has disputed claims he snubbed actress Lana Clarkson at a party two days before her death, insisting he cannot remember the encounter. Clarkson, who was shot dead at producer Phil Spector's California mansion in February 2003, was reportedly devastated by the fact Transformers director Bay didn't remember her.


Moviemaker MICHAEL BAY has disputed claims he snubbed actress LANA CLARKSON at a party two days before her death, insisting he cannot remember the encounter.Clarkson, who was shot dead at producer Phil Spector’s California mansion in February 2003, was reportedly devastated by the fact Transformers director Bay didn’t remember her.Bay phoned in his testimony to
Actress MEGAN FOX mistook director MICHAEL BAY for an extra during her audition for summer blockbuster TRANSFORMERS.The 21-year-old, who was auditioning for the role of Mikaela Banes, assumed Bay was a fellow actor, but was quickly corrected by his colleagues.Fox feared she had lost the chance to appear in the movie, but Bay had a
Megan Fox mistook director Michael Bay for an extra during her audition for summer blockbuster Transformers. The 21-year-old, who was auditioning for the role of Mikaela Banes, assumed Bay was a fellow actor, but was quickly corrected by his colleagues.


Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Train Wrecks Today's testimony at the Phil Spector murder trial took a strange turn to "Transformers" director Michael Bay. Friends of slain actress Lana Clarkson, who was found shot dead in Spector's house, took the stand today and testified that in the days...
"All my friends, they're normal Joes, they were like, 'What the f*&% are you doing that movie for? That sounds stupid.' But it's like the kid comes out in you when you see this movie. It's just fun." Director Michael Bay's pals didn't approve of his decision to direct Transformers.


Director Michael Bay has dismissed criticism his movies suffer from including obvious product placement, insisting brand names are everywhere in everyday life.


Actor Shia LaBoeuf almost didn't get cast in new blockbuster Transformers, because he was deemed "not hot" by women working at director Michael Bay's office. The 21-year-old only managed to land his role when Bay showed his female employees LaBoeuf's audition tape, and they instantly adored him.

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