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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".  

See the behind the scenes of the short film "Threshold '12" by Jeremy Schecter.  

Writer and Director Samantha Smith shares with us the behind the scenes story of the short film "Marbles".  

Thank you to MPI Graduate Brian Aldrich, Produce for the Tampa Bay Buccanners for providing this Video Featuring Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pro Bowler Gerald McCoy and Little Fear, popping some tags to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift...

The Motion Picture Institute is proud to unveil the Official Insane Clown Posse music video "Where's God?" Background Douglas Schulze, the director of the film and music video, provided the concept of Joe and Joey (ICP) carrying two...

  The project is a narrative feature film entitled THE BADGER GAME, a sexy/bloody/violent/comedic thriller that revolves around a botched kidnapping.   Our hero, Liam is a successful advertising executive with money to burn and a...

A special thank you to Hannah Posen and The Jewish News for their coverage of MPI Film Students Jonathan D'Ambrosio and Estee Lipenholtz who have both directed films about the Holocaust and the very personal struggles faced during the...

Win a Scholarship to the Motion Picture Institute MPI is offering a $10,000 scholarship to attend the Motion Picture Production Program for 2014.   The scholarship winner will be selected by DAFT for whomever places Best of Show winner...

Mimesis Featured on WXYZ Channel 7 Detroit Thank you to Channel 7 Action News in Detroit, MI for featuring the release of Mimesis on Blu-Ray and DVD. The film was released in February and is available in stores everywhere. Why watch a horror...

Learn more about a music video co-directed and shot by George Melnyk, a 2009 graduate of MPI.     The concept is an original idea inspired by a variety of sources such as the music video "Simple Math" by the Manchester...

2007 MPI Graduate Rob Frenette performed color grading on the latest Insane Clown Posse music video.   The video is directed by the Deka Brothers, produced by Michael Manasseri (Made In Michigan Entertainment) and a really great crew...