Moving Picture Company

Moving Picture Company (MPC) is a visual effects studio headquartered in Soho, London with global facilities hosted in Vancouver, Los Angeles, New York, Montreal, Amsterdam, Bengaluru, Paris, and Shanghai.[1]

The MPC was founded in 1974 by Mike Luckwell,[1] and soon became one of the biggest post-production providers in Europe. Luckwell sold MPC to Carlton Communications in 1983 for a mixture of cash and shares. In so doing, he became Carlton's Managing Director and largest individual shareholder.[2] During Carlton's 2004 merger with Granada to create ITV London, they sold the MPC to French group Thomson SA for £52.7 million.[3] Following the acquisition, Thomson, now known as Technicolor SA, aimed to make MPC grow by getting more film work.[4] By the end of the decade it was considered one of the major effects companies of the world.[5][6]

Partial filmography

Film

Television series

Music videos

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 Company Overview of The Moving Picture Company Ltd.
  2. ↑ Mike Luckwell Venture Capital
  3. ↑ ITV sells Moving Picture Company to Thomson for £53m Read more at http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/230352/itv-sells-moving-picture-company-thomson-53m#b4DpYDY0Ex3V2DcY.99
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Technicolor’s Sarnoff on Visual Effects: ‘We’ve Always Been an Industry in Turmoil’
  6. ↑ Moving Picture Co. Finds Valuing Artists is the Best Effect
  7. ↑ MPC Film win VFX Oscar® at 85th Academy Awards
  8. ↑ http://www.moving-picture.com/news/mpc-film-win-a-special-visual-effects-bafta
  9. ↑ Awards Summary

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