12 Facts About Samuel Bayer

Samuel David Bayer was born on February 17,1962 and is an American visual artist, cinematographer, and commercial, music video and film director.

Samuel Bayer graduated from New York City's School of Visual Arts in 1987 with a degree in Fine Arts.

Samuel Bayer relocated to Los Angeles in 1991, where he continues to live and work.

Samuel Bayer has won seven MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year in 2005 as well as Best Direction in 2005 and 2007.

Well into his second decade of advertising, Samuel Bayer's work continues to be recognized.

Samuel Bayer finally agreed to direct the film after a personal plea from Michael Bay, who was the producer.

Samuel Bayer originally suggested he would not be open to returning for a sequel, but later retracted the statement in the weeks leading up to the film's debut.

In 2013, Samuel Bayer acknowledged the production had been fraught, but the experience had allowed him to return to advertising with renewed vigour and passion.

Samuel Bayer presented a series of sixteen twelve-foot-tall, female nude triptychs as well as four ten-foot-tall diptych portraits.

Samuel Bayer's subjects held poses against a simple white backdrop for up to four hours during marathon fourteen-hour-shoot days.

Samuel Bayer enlarged the 4" x 5" film negatives into the series of twelve-foot-tall triptychs and ten-foot-tall diptychs in what was a deeply personal process, one that afforded him the benefit of complete creative control.

The series of work was inspired by a conversation Samuel Bayer had with his late father during which he expressed his intense desire to display his work.