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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
Get Your Film Screened (Thanks to MPI)
We have aspiring filmmakers come through our doors at the start of each semester. They don’t stay aspiring for long because we put them [...]
Meet Sydney: A Recent Film School Grad Getting Lots of Call Backs
Graduating amidst a pandemic might not seem ideal, but Sydney Van Leeuwen did and she has no shortage of opportunities. She graduated from our [...]
Tricks of the Trade: Stunt Work in Class at MPI
In the film business, there are a lot of tricks to the trade that help to move a story along. We all know that [...]
SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING AT MOTION PICTURE INSTITUTE
Get Your Film Screened (Thanks to MPI)
We have aspiring filmmakers come through our doors at the start of each semester. They don’t stay aspiring for long because we put them [...]
Meet Sydney: A Recent Film School Grad Getting Lots of Call Backs
Graduating amidst a pandemic might not seem ideal, but Sydney Van Leeuwen did and she has no shortage of opportunities. She graduated from our [...]
Tricks of the Trade: Stunt Work in Class at MPI
In the film business, there are a lot of tricks to the trade that help to move a story along. We all know that [...]