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PRODUCE FILMS OR STAR IN THEM. WE’LL HELP YOU GET THERE!
The Motion Picture Institute is an accredited vocational film school and training program in Troy, MI. We are the first step on your FILM PATH to get a job and be a success in the film industry. Our alumni enjoy careers as directors, producers, editors, independent filmmakers, and crew positions in L.A., New York, and across the globe. Click on each of our programs below to learn more.
VISIT OUR STUDIOS
Private, in-person and virtual tours of our studio facility and classrooms are available. We encourage future students to see first hand our soundstages, audio suite, screening room, equipment bays, learning resource center, conference rooms, scene shop and all the other amenities required to train filmmakers and digital media professionals.
VISIT OUR STUDIOS
Private, in-person and virtual tours of our studio facility and classrooms are available. We encourage future students to see first hand our soundstages, audio suite, screening room, equipment bays, learning resource center, conference rooms, scene shop and all the other amenities required to train filmmakers and digital media professionals.
MOTION PICTURE INSTITUTE HAS BEEN TEACHING FILM IN
MICHIGAN FOR OVER 20 YEARS!
Come to Motion Picture Institute, where you will not only talk about films and filmmaking,
but begin creating them the first week of class.
MPI IS AN ACCREDITED MICHIGAN FILM SCHOOL
Our accredited film school gives students practical film and digital media production skills in a one-year comprehensive, hands-on program. Every student learns screenwriting, directing, producing, cinematography, sound mixing and editing while making their own film projects using the same equipment found in professional film studios.
SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING AT MOTION PICTURE INSTITUTE
The Movie Business is the Entrepreneur Business
The Movie Business is the Entrepreneur Business, and if you are a Filmmaker or Actor make no mistake: You are an Entrepreneur. What is [...]
The De-Evolution of the Academy Awards
Citizen Kane and Raging Bull are often regarded among the greatest motion pictures of all time. They were also completely snubbed by the Academy [...]
Hey, Filmmaker! You Don’t Need Money! You Need An Idea You Can Afford
There’s a saying that if you give someone a million dollars they’re suddenly a filmmaker, and the idea here is that filmmaking is an [...]
SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING AT MOTION PICTURE INSTITUTE
The Movie Business is the Entrepreneur Business
The Movie Business is the Entrepreneur Business, and if you are a Filmmaker or Actor make no mistake: You are an Entrepreneur. What is [...]
The De-Evolution of the Academy Awards
Citizen Kane and Raging Bull are often regarded among the greatest motion pictures of all time. They were also completely snubbed by the Academy [...]
Hey, Filmmaker! You Don’t Need Money! You Need An Idea You Can Afford
There’s a saying that if you give someone a million dollars they’re suddenly a filmmaker, and the idea here is that filmmaking is an [...]