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 & Rubicam and Dawber have also employed MPI graduates on numerous commercial productions.
Many students have taken the relationships developed at MPI and gone on to form their own production companies. There are many career paths into the motion picture industry. The Motion Picture Institute can be the first step.
Graduates from MPI have worked on such features as:
- Public Enemies (currently in production- 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
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