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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
Inside the Classroom at MPI: How Filmmaking Works
The filmmaking process has many moving parts, from writing the script to assembling the crew, casting for the acting roles, editing the scenes and [...]
On-Set Training is the Foundation of Filmmaking
Filmmaking is an art that takes training to master. You have to understand the tools and techniques that are deployed in the industry to [...]
Small Business Owner to Filmmaker: Letitia McIntosh MPI Class of 2020
When Letitia McIntosh walked into her first class at the Motion Picture Institute, we knew she had an eye for detail. She quickly learned [...]
SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING AT MOTION PICTURE INSTITUTE
Inside the Classroom at MPI: How Filmmaking Works
The filmmaking process has many moving parts, from writing the script to assembling the crew, casting for the acting roles, editing the scenes and [...]
On-Set Training is the Foundation of Filmmaking
Filmmaking is an art that takes training to master. You have to understand the tools and techniques that are deployed in the industry to [...]
Small Business Owner to Filmmaker: Letitia McIntosh MPI Class of 2020
When Letitia McIntosh walked into her first class at the Motion Picture Institute, we knew she had an eye for detail. She quickly learned [...]