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THE MPI PATH TO A CAREER
Graduates from MPI have worked on such features as:
"Public Enemy" (currently in production in Indiana - directed by Michael Mann)
"Shelter" (currently in production in Pennsylvania)
"A Christmas Carole" (currently in production in LA - directed by Robert Zemeckis)
"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros. - directed by Christopher Nolan)
"Transformers" (directed by Michael Bay)
"Avatar" currently in production in LA - directed by James Cameron)
"Killshot" (Weinstein Co./Film Colony)
"Rescue Dawn" (shot in Thialand - directed by Werner Herzog)
"Slipstream" (directed by Anthony Hopkins)
"Cross Over" (Paramount Pictures)
“The Island” (Dreamworks), starring Scarlett Johansson
and Ewan McGregor
“Four Brothers” (Paramount Pictures)
“Saw” (Lions Gate Films)
“The Perfect Lie” starring David Boreanaz
“8 Mile” (Universal Studios/Imagine Entertainment)
starring rapper Eminem
Kid Rock music videos “Forever” and “Picture"
Uncle Kracker live performances
The HBO/Billy Crystal feature film “61”.
Other
MPI grads have found work at local film industry companies:
FilmCraft Lab
Universal Images
Jeff Daniel’s Purple Rose films
MadRiver Post
Grace & Wild
GTN (now Ringside Productions)
Stratton Camera
W.B. Doner Advertsing
Mars Advertising
Campbell-Ewald
Rivet Films
Young & Rubicam
A
number of MPI graduates have moved out west to work on films such
as “Collateral” starring Tom Cruise or have found employment
with LA production companies such as Sanford, Pilsner, and Beacon
Communications (“Lovefield”, “Remains of the Day”).
Commercial advertising agencies like J. Walter Thompson, W.B. Doner,
Young & Rubican and Dawber have also employed MPI graduates
on numerous commercial productions.
Many students have taken the relationships developed at MPI and
have gone on to form their own production companies to shoot independent
films. There are many career paths into the motion picture industry
and you can begin yours at The Motion Picture Institute of Michigan.
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