Michael Bay.
There’s a well known visual effects artist named Andrew Kramer who has a prominent web presence, and he does a lot of work for JJ Abrams, usually title sequences and basic shots for his TV shows. He helped invent a software plugin that creates heaps of different kinds of lens flares for effects shots, and now whenever you see a lens flare in any movie, whether connected with JJ Abrams or not, it’s likely applied using that plugin.