Useless Bay Films is a Seattle-based consortium of filmmakers creating music videos, narratives, and creative film projects with a passion for storytelling.
From their site
Images from Bay Films’s own website.
Who works there
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Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.
Contact & details
How their work is rated
8 rated titles, weighted by votes
6 wins from 80 nominations across all awards
Combined US gross, 6 of 10 titles
- Mostly
- action, adventure, sci-fi
- Active
- 2011–2025
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 63%
- Best known for
- I Am Number Four
Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 9 of 10 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.
Credits10 of 15
9 films · 1 TV title
We Are Storror
2025 · Film
Produced
Transformers One
2024 · Film
Produced
Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior
2024 · TV
Produced
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023 · Film
Produced
Ambulance
2022 · Film
Produced
6 Underground
2019 · Film
Produced
Bumblebee
2018 · Film
Produced
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016 · Film
Produced
Pain & Gain
2013 · Film
Produced
I Am Number Four
2011 · Film
Produced
Showing 10 of 15 titles on record.
10 titles across 15 years, averaging 0.7 a year. The last five years hold at 1.0 a year. 6 of those 15 years carry no credit on file.
Their 2020s work is their strongest, averaging 6.4 across 4 titles. The 6 titles since 2015 average 6.4, holding at their 6.3 overall. 4 of 8 rated titles sit above their 6.3 average.
Who they work with
- Michael Bay4
- Action8 of 9
- Adventure4 of 9
- Sci-Fi3 of 9
- Documentary2 of 9
- Drama2 of 9
Names appearing on two or more of Bay Films’s produced titles, across the 9 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.
Works with12 companies
Companies that appear alongside Bay Films on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.
Film offices covering Santa Monica
- Italian Film CommissionLos Angeles
- Malibu City Film CommissionMalibu
- California Film CommissionLos Angeles · 35% base (up to 45% with uplifts)
- FilmLALos Angeles · 35% base (up to 45% with uplifts)
Offices near this location, and the one covering the whole state. Proximity is not jurisdiction: confirm with the office before relying on it for permits.
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