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  The Dog Fighter; MMA’s Animal Rights Hero is an unflinching documentary that tells the tale of an ailing MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter who comes out of retirement and risks his life to bring awareness to the illegal dog fighting...

One Day Special Effects Movie Makeup Seminar Sunday, July 14 from Noon to 6:00 p.m. at Motion Picture Institute Learn from two of the most sought after makeup artists and hair stylists in Michigan. Get the latest techniques that will...

  Zombie Con is a Two-Day Event Bringing Together Zombie, and Horror Fans, Creators, Artists, Novelists, Film Makers at Motion Picture Institute in Troy, MI. –August 17th and 18th, 2013.   This two-day event will bring zombie...

DOGGY CON   Doggy Con is a FREE family oriented event for dog lovers during the day and a red carpet movie screening at night. It all happens at Motion Picture Institute in Troy, MI.   On Saturday July 27th from...

Hello MPI!   I hope everything is going well and wanted to say hi along with an update on my pursuits. I am about to direct a one hour television drama for a TV station. The movie is called "Heaven" and shooting for...

On May 28th, 2013 Motion Picture Institute hosted a meet and greet with Dan Scanlon director of the soon to be released PIXAR animated feature MONSTERS UNIVERSITY.   The event was sponsored by DAFT (Detroit Animation Film and...

Objective:  To bring interested and enthusiastic students together to grow, and develop a foundation with the art and craft of film acting. The workshop will spotlight the essential guidelines of developing a fundamental, film acting...

Objective:  To bring interested students together on a film set located on the MPI sound stage to learn and experience the art and the craft of filmmaking with an emphasis on the importance of collaboration and networking - while under the...

Current student Jeff Tuttle is a filmmaker by day and a hardcore punk musician by night. He spent several years in a relatively popular hardcore punk band called Dillinger Escape Plan and just formed a new group entitled Old Gods that is...

Sam Kadi marks his directorial debut with the project about an Arab immigrant who arrives in NYC on Sept. 10, 2001 having a won a green card in the lottery.   Sam Kadi's debut drama The Citizen with Cary Elwes on the cast...

Motion Picture Institute graduate Arthur Grego won Best Short Film at the Motor City Nightmares Film Fest in April for his movie  "You Can't Kill Gideon Gates". Storyline Heroin addict Gideon Gates has avoided paying back his...

Congratulations to Jonathan Bailey, winner of the Motion Picture Institute $10,000 scholarship for his outstanding achievement in filmmaking.      Jonathan is a high school senior who was a Best of Show winner at the 45th...

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"David doesn't just want to make films....he wants to make films with a PURPOSE!"   David has been around the movie industry for a while.  He has been a lead actor in many films including being the lead in a horror movie called...

"Both of my parents were deaf, but movies were very powerful to my father who understood things visually and he was ecstatic when he found out I was accepted into the Motion Picture Institute."   My name is Andrew Bisaha and I...

The Motion Picture Institute of Michigan offers an intense series of eight film acting courses specifically designed to train actors how to prepare for a film role. Each course teaches students how to work on an actual film set, how to...

  Middle School and High School students interested in Film Production careers will have the opportunity to work with industry experts at the Motion Picture Institute this summer in one of our two Film Camp's. Middle School Film...

"Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead." Recently released by Anchor Bay Entertainment on Blu-ray™ and DVD as well as in limited theatrical release nationwide, Mimesis is quickly becoming a cult classic.  Various events have...

Director Alexander Ray takes you behind the scenes with the cast and crew of his short film called "The Ventriloquist and The Dummy".