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- Motion Picture Institute
- Berkley High School
- Berkley, Michigan, United States
The trade school was founded by independent filmmakers Doug Schulze and Kurt Mayry in 1995. Motion Picture Institute is also a member of the Ohio-Michigan Association of Career Colleges and Schools (OMACCS) and Digital Animation, Film and Television (DAFT).
MOTION PICTURE INSTITUTE HISTORY In October of 1995, a group of Michigan film professionals, led by filmmakers Doug Schulze and Kurt Eli Mayry, founded Motion Picture Institute of Michigan Inc. or The Motion Picture Institute of Michigan.
- Daft Was Founded in 1969
- The Michigan Student Film Festival
- Focal Point Video Workshop
- Student Animation Workshop
- Art in Motion Workshop
- Annual Symposia
- Media Advocacy
- Michigan Governor's Arts Award
DIGITAL ARTS, FILM & TELEVISION (DAFT)is a non-profit educational organization that has been providing services to its members and the state of Michigan since 1969. The founding members of DAFT (some still active) were teachers, librarians, and filmmakers. DAFT's mission is to promote media literacy through the creative use of film and video. DAFT ...
The Michigan Student Film & Video Festival, the longest running DAFT event, began in 1969 with a handful of 8mm and 16mm films. Now video productions comprise the majority of the nearly 350 entries for the Festival, which is co-sponsored by the Detroit Institute of Arts and held each spring. According to the American Film Institute, it is the longe...
DAFT has presentedFocal Point Film/Video workshop, an intensive week of "hands-on" video study for adults and mature high school students, since 1972. A second intensive workshop for teachers and other interested adults was Art In Motion, a week-long workshop that focused on the study of all kinds on animation that started in 2004 and ran through 2...
The DAFT Student Animation Workshop was started in 1992 to address the growing interest in animation. A group of 22 high school students from across the state were selected to take part in this residential workshop where over four weekends the students learn the art of animation using traditional methods as well as the newest technology. This works...
From 2005 to 2013 DAFT offered Art In Motion, another summer workshop that explored all kinds of animation but this time for teachers and interested adults. In 2010 the Art in Motion team of artists won a national competition with an animated video on 21st Century Skills that was selected to be shown at the National Summit for 21st Century Skills i...
Since 2013 DAFT has presented a pair of symposia designed specifically for Media teachers and their students. They offer sessions on a variety of aspect of media production, equipment demonstrations and an unparalleled opportunity to network with others teachers, students and media professionals.
DAFT also advocates and represents the interests of film and video in statewide venues and conferences. We have made frequent presentations at the Michigan Art Education Association, worked on draft committees regarding arts policy and advised media organizations about the issues of media education. DAFT was designated by the Michigan Youth Arts Fe...
In 2006 DAFT was the recipient of the Governor's Arts Award for small arts organizations in recognition of many years of advocacy of media arts education. DAFT has hosted a variety of programs and initiatives over the last 40 years. Some have changed, grown or been set aside in an effort to meet the ever changing demands. In order to reflect the gr...
Schulze built MPI with Co-Founder Kurt Mayry with the belief that filmmaking is an art form best learned on set; not in a classroom. Since the late 90’s Schulze has mentored hundreds of filmmaking success stories from Todd Miller, who went on to produce Apollo 11 that played Sundance (aired on CNN), to Zak Bagans, who went on to create the ...
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The Motion Picture Institute was founded by filmmakers Douglas Schulze and Kurt Eli Mayry.
