Michael Bay, 7 February 2008. | |
| Wins | Nominations |
|---|---|
| 16 | 54 |
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American filmmaker Michael Bay. Bay has received five MTV Movie Awards: Best Movie and Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet for Transformers and Best Action Sequence for Pearl Harbor, Bad Boys II and The Rock. In 1994, Bay was honored by the Directors Guild of America with an award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials.[1] Bay received the ShoWest 2009 Vanguard Award for excellence in filmmaking at the confab of theater owners.[2] In 2011 Bay was honored at the Transformers Hall of Fame for directing the Transformers live-action films.[3]
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Sexist Pig Award | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Sexist Pig Award | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Best Foreign Film | Armageddon | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Best New, Enhanced or Reconstructed Movie Scenes | Pearl Harbor | Nominated | |
| Best Overall New Extra Features |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Transformers | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Blockbuster of the Year | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Worst Director | Armageddon | Nominated | |
| Worst Picture | Nominated | |||
| 2001 | Worst Director | Pearl Harbor | Nominated | |
| Worst Picture | Nominated | |||
| 2009 | Worst Director | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Won | |
| 2011 | Worst Director | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Worst Director | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Won | |
| 2017 | Worst Director | Transformers: The Last Knight | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Best Action Film | Pearl Harbor | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Outstanding Translated Foreign Film | Pearl Harbor | Won |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Outstanding Motion Picture | Bad Boys II | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Favorite Movie | Transformers | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Best Action Sequence | Bad Boys | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Best Movie | The Rock | ||
| Best Action Sequence | ||||
| 1998 | Best Movie | Armageddon | ||
| Best Action Sequence | Won | |||
| 2001 | Best Action Sequence | Pearl Harbor | ||
| 2003 | Best Action Sequence | Bad Boys II | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Best Movie | Transformers | Won | |
| Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Best Action/Adventure Movie | Transformers | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Obviously Worst Film | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Won | |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Favorite Movie | Transformers | Nominated | |
| Favorite Action Movie | ||||
| 2011 | Favorite Movie | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Nominated | |
| Favorite Action Movie |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film | The Rock | Nominated | |
| 1998 | Best Director | Armageddon | Won | |
| Best Science Fiction Film | ||||
| 2005 | Best Science Fiction Film | The Island | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Best Science Fiction Film | Transformers | ||
| 2009 | Best Science Fiction Film | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Best Sequel , Best F/X | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Won | |
| 2011 | Best 3-D Movie | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | ||
| Best F/X | Nominated | |||
| Best Science Fiction Movie | ||||
| Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Best Director | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Favorite Movie of the Year | The Rock | Won |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Best Drama/Action Adventure Movie | Pearl Harbor | Won | |
| 2005 | Choice Summer Movie: Action Adventure | The Island | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Choice Summer Movie: Action Adventure | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | ||
| 2011 | Choice Summer Movie | Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
