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Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films with fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions. The films he has directed include Bad Boys (1995) and its sequel Bad Boys II (2003), The Rock (1996), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), the first five films in the Transformers film series, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), 6 Underground (2019), and Ambulance (2022). His films have grossed over US$7.8 billion worldwide, making him one of history's most commercially successful directors. He is co-founder of the production house the Institute and co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house that has remade horror films, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Golden is a 2022 American science fiction action film directed by Tim Miller, based on the Five Nights At Freddy's character Golden Freddy. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jessica Alba, Linden Ashby, Kate Mara, Ewan McGregor, Jay Hernandez, Will Smith, Joe Morton, Jude Law and William Fichtner, the film chronicles the story of Golden Freddy (Stallone), who is taking to life as a mercenary. The problem is the only friend who trusts him is the Puppet (Alba), as his other friends have distrusted him. He eventually regains their trust, but they soon become as much a target for the law as he is. Golden premiered in San Francisco on October 29th, 2022 and was released 4 days later; it received generally positive reviews, praise for Miller's direction, screenplay, action sequences, visual effects, promising story elements, dark tone, and the performances, particularly those of Stallone, Alba, Ashby and Mara. Considered one of Miller's best films and one of the best science fiction films, the film has earned a strong cult following and grossed over $59 million worldwide. A sequel is in development, with Stallone set to reprise his role.
