MPI News

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,...

Motion Picture Institute would like to congratulate the graduating class of 2014.  Our graduates screened their amazing student films at eMagine Theater in Novi this past Sunday, October 19th for friends, family and the public.   Meet our...

Riveting from first frame to last, David Fincher’s new suspense thriller “ Gone Girl,” his adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s 2012 mystery novel of the same name, is the best director to adapt the pulpy novel. Fincher has his...

DAFT Media Literacy Workshop for Educators Motion Picture Institute is proud to be hosting the upcoming DAFT Media Literacy Workshop.  Featured Presenter - Kara Clayton, Media Studies Educator, Thurston High School, MI Council Teachers...

Douglas Schulze, the Founder of Motion Picture Institute and a Filmmaker, was recently featured on Metromode.com - a website focused on job growth and development in Southeast Michigan. In the article, Patti Smith from Metromode.com conducts...

MPI Alumni Writer/ Director Matthew Tuppen (2011) has released the trailer for his new film Bob, the Accessory...click to view the trailer below! We are looking forward to seeing this film!" View The Trailer for Bob The Accessory  

“The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them” is a rare and ambitious feature film debut from writer-director Ned Benson, a film graduate out of Columbia University who creates a portrait of a relationship and marriage that’s based on...

  ”The Drop” signals an important event for British actor Tom Hardy, announcing the honorable and tense (if not great) second feature from Belgum director Michael R. Roskam. This has been a breakthrough year for Hardy, who...

Motion Picture Institute student Lucie Gillespie from Richmond recently received local media coverage from  The Voice regarding her thesis film called "Ashes".  Below are some excerpts from the article along with images and...

Film Reviews   Motion Picture Institute Alumnus and award winning film maker Robert Butler takes us on a journey of his reviews of the following films: Frank Calvary Boyhood Alumni Film Update:   Batman vs....

  Quirky, offbeat, and utterly unique, “Frank” is a hilariously deadpan and equally charming musical comedy directed by Lenny Abrahamson. The film explores collaboration and the madness of the creative process. The film centers...