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Motion Picture Institute would like to congratulate student Aeron Sanchez for being awarded a scholarship from MACCS (Michigan Association of Career Colleges and Schools). Aeron with CFO Kurt Mayry Aeron with Director of Education...

Recent changes to Michigan’s film and digital media incentive program under Public Act 396 of 2014 (enacted on December 26, 2014) offer new statutory guidelines that will be in effect for all applications and pending applications with the...

DAFT's 2nd Media Teacher Symposium will be held at Motion Picture Institute in Troy on Friday, February 27th, 2015 from 8:30am to 3:15pm.  The focus of the symposium will be High Quality on a Tight Budget.  (We are anticipating that...

So often these days during awards season distributors and Hollywood love to shower audiences with "true story" films. Often these films are biopics, period pieces, or are based on other significant historical events. It's become...

2014 was a tremendous year at Motion Picture Institute.  Our graduates and alumni achieve so much this past year.  Here are just a few of the highlights from this year:  Award winning filmmaker Robert Butler provided so many...

Movie Night has been moved to Friday, February 27. The Motion Picture Institute in Troy is launching a monthly movie night on their campus to showcase the work of its award winning filmmaker alumni.  The Filmmakers will be in attendance...

The feature film "The Wind Walker" was recently filmed on location at Motion Picture Institute in Troy, Michigan.   The film stars Motion Picture Institute alumnus David GB Brown and Jonathan West.  In addition, the film...

Motion Picture Institute is collecting donated items from the wish list below from December 1 through Saturday, December 6 for the Almost Home Animal Rescue League. Please take a moment to review the Wish List below and bring any of these items...

The entire staff at Motion Picture Institute wishes you and your family a happy Thanksgiving. Our schedule will be as follows for the Thanksgiving Holiday Week: Monday - Open 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday - Open 9:00 a.m. to 10:30...

How do motion pictures get such great sound quality?  In a professional Audio Lab like the one you will see during Saturday's Open House from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Learn from our instructors and alumni the important role that...

Where will you edit your first film?  How about right here! During Saturday's Open House from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. you will see our Film Editing Lab and learn how our alumni use these tools to create their own award winning...

Tour the 6,000 Sq. Ft. sound stage during our Open House this Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and ask our Instructors and Alumni about the hundreds of films that were created here. From course curriculum to career opportunities our...

Three Alumni from Motion Picture Institute will have their short films featured at a special Filmmakers Night at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak tonight beginning at 7:30 p.m. Robert Joseph Butler of Ortonville will present his 2014 shorts...

Go behind the scenes from our Summer Acting Camp and learn about the happenings from out students and instructors! Summer Acting Camp Behind The Scenes  

Meet Dude 1 and Dude 2, the instructors, and behind the scenes cast of the short film "Lampe" from Motion Picture Institute Summer Film Camp. Behind The Scenes of Lampe  

Student filmmakers at our Summer Film Camp created an extraordinary short film called "Lampe".   There is a copy of a particular prop from a very famous movie in this short film.  Do you know what it...

The Summer Film Camp at Motion Picture Institute was a real success and our students were extremely happy with the production of their short film "High Tech Haunting."  Go behind the scenes in the video below to learn more about...

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Hands down Alejandro G. Innaritu’s most audacious, most formally daring, and most magnificent film to date, “Birdman: or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance,” announces a...

Hi-Tech Haunting is a short film that was produced during the Motion Picture Institute Summer Film Camp from July 21 - July 25, 2014 and was written, produced, directed and shot by 20 high school aged students on the the Motion Picture Institute...

For decades we have seen comedians make a transition into film. Most notably SNL has a strong history of shaping film careers, if you just take a look at the careers of Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Bill Murray, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Mike Myers,...