MPC

What MPC does

MPC (Moving Picture Company) is a high-end visual effects and image post-production studio headquartered in Paris with a second studio in Liège, Belgium. Originally founded in 1986 (previously known as Mikros Image and Mikros VFX), MPC was acquired by TransPerfect in 2021 and rebranded under the MPC banner. The studio serves feature film, television, and streaming clients — including Netflix, STUDIOCANAL, AMC, Gaumont, Warner Bros., Paramount, and Apple TV+ — providing digital creatures, CG environments and crowds, complex simulations, set extensions, compositing, color grading, and full image post-production through to Dolby Vision mastering. Operationally, MPC runs project-based fixed-price engagements under B2B enterprise sales relationships developed through director and producer referrals, industry events such as Cannes and Series Mania, and 18 consecutive years as a Cannes Film Festival partner.

Technically, MPC's differentiator rests on accumulated artist talent, an end-to-end pipeline, and proprietary R&D tools. Its Meshroom software, co-developed with AliceVision, is an open-source photogrammetry and camera-tracking platform that won the 2025 César Innovation Prize; the 2025.1.0 release added a plugin architecture supporting AI-based image segmentation, Gaussian Splatting, and monocular depth estimation. The studio also operates a Character Lab for photorealistic digital character creation and integrates with TransPerfect's localization and versioning network, enabling combined VFX, post, dubbing, and subtitling delivery. Production capacity is substantial: MPC has delivered 638 feature films and 54 series over nearly four decades, with single-project mobilizations of 162–431 artists across Paris, Belgium, and India. Recent awards — five consecutive César Best VFX wins (2022–2026), the 2026 Cannes Grand Prix for Minotaur, and a Top-10 VFX Companies 2026 listing — frame MPC as a top-tier European VFX studio positioned between global majors (DNEG, Framestore, ILM, Weta FX) and regional competitors.

Name

MPC

Legal name

MPC (Moving Picture Company), operating as part of TransPerfect Media

Website

https://mpcvfx.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

MPC is a Paris-headquartered high-end visual effects and image post-production studio, serving film, television, and streaming clients with digital creatures, CG environments, compositing, color grading, and Dolby Vision mastering through a wholly-owned subsidiary structure under TransPerfect.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Visual Effects and Post-Production Services

NAICS

Postproduction Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Industries (51219)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

VFX Production & Supervision (2D/3D, Compositing, FX, CG) (MPADAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

VFX Production & Shot Work (CG Integration, Matte Painting, FX) (MPAHABAB), Finishing & Delivery for VFX (DI Conform Support, QC, IMF/DCP VFX Deliverables) (MPADAHAL), VFX Pipeline, Tools & Workflow Engineering (Automation, Asset/Shot Tracking) (MPAHABAH), Animation Services for VFX (Creature/Character, Crowd, Simulation Support) (MPADAHAF)

Keywords

• Visual effects services
• VFX post-production
• Digital creature animation
• CG environment creation
• Color grading services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. VFX and Post-Production Services: Project-based professional services delivering visual effects, post-production image services, and finishing for film and TV productions. Revenue is generated through fixed-price project contracts with studios, production companies, and streaming platforms. Services include creature animation, environment creation, compositing, color grading, and full image post-production.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MPC Paris is a high-end visual effects and image post-production studio delivering creative VFX services for feature films, television series, and streaming content. Services span digital creatures, CG crowds, complex simulations, environment creation, compositing, color grading, and full image post-production from pre-production through final mastering (including Dolby Vision). The studio also develops the open-source photogrammetry tool Meshroom in collaboration with AliceVision.

Product overview

MPC Paris is a high-end VFX and image post-production studio for film, TV, and streaming. The company operates as part of the TransPerfect group and offers a comprehensive suite of visual effects services including digital creatures, CG environments, compositing, color grading, and full image post-production. The core VFX offering encompasses creative collaboration from pre-production through final delivery. A key differentiator is the studio's proprietary technology including Meshroom, an open-source photogrammetry and camera tracking tool developed in collaboration with AliceVision, which has won awards including the César Innovation Prize. MPC also operates a Character Lab for photorealistic digital character creation. The studio works in coordination with sister companies The Mill Paris and MPC Liège under the TransPerfect global network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MPC Paris VFX Services End-to-end visual effects services for feature films, TV, and streaming. Includes digital creatures, CG crowds, complex simulations, environments, compositing, and full image post-production from prep to final delivery for studios, production companies, and streaming platforms.
• MPC Paris Image Post-Production

Quantifiable outcome

• 638 feature films and 54 series delivered with VFX and image post
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TransPerfectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMPC Paris is a studio owned by TransPerfect, part of a global network for localization, versioning, subtitling, dubbing, audio, and image. This integration provides a fully connected pipeline with The Mill Paris and MPC Liège.

Scale indicators22 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Rodeo FX: Rodeo FX is a Montreal-based high-end VFX studio providing creature, environment, and compositing work for feature films and episodic content. Comparable to MPC in service offering and tier, with a similar focus on photorealistic VFX and full-service post-production pipelines.
• Framestore: Framestore is a global VFX and immersive content studio with feature film, episodic, and advertising capabilities, and is named alongside MPC in the 2026 Top 10 VFX Companies list. Comparable in offering breadth (creature work, environments, full post-production), with a similarly global creative footprint.
• The Mill: The Mill is a global creative production and VFX studio that joined forces with MPC under one brand in 2026. Direct sister company under TransPerfect, offering overlapping VFX, design, and post-production services — now operating as a unified entity with MPC.
• DNEG: DNEG is one of the world's largest independent VFX and post-production studios with major feature film, episodic, and immersive content work. It is directly comparable to MPC in service scope (creature VFX, environments, compositing) and competes for the same Hollywood and streaming-platform projects; both are listed among the 2026 Top 10 VFX Companies.
• Cinesite: Cinesite is a London/Montreal-based VFX and animation studio providing feature film, episodic, and streaming content services. Comparable to MPC in mid-to-high end VFX work, creature animation, and full post-production pipelines.
• Digital Domain: Digital Domain is a long-established VFX and immersive content studio with feature film, episodic, and experiential work. Comparable to MPC in creature, digital human, and environment capabilities, with overlap in episodic streaming projects.
• Weta FX: Weta FX is a New Zealand-based high-end VFX studio (formerly Weta Digital) specializing in creature, environment, and simulation work for feature films and series. Named alongside MPC in the 2026 Top 10 VFX Companies list and competes for the same premium film and streaming projects.

Broad incumbents

• Sony Pictures Imageworks: Sony Pictures Imageworks is the in-house and third-party VFX arm of Sony Pictures, providing creature, animation, and environment services for feature films and series. Comparable in VFX capabilities and feature film pipeline but operates with the scale advantage of a major studio parent.
• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM): ILM, a Lucasfilm/Disney company, is the largest and most established VFX studio globally with unmatched scale on tentpole feature films and episodic content. Directly comparable to MPC on creature, environment, and complex simulation work, but with vastly greater capital backing and a Disney-aligned project pipeline.

Regional players

• Mikros Animation: Mikros Animation is a French/European animation and VFX studio (formerly Mikros Image, the same lineage as MPC's pre-rebrand identity). Comparable in French/European feature and episodic animation services and inherits some of the institutional client base from MPC's predecessor Mikros VFX.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/mpcvfx_fr
• Xx.com/MPCVFX
• Facebookfacebook.com/MovingPictureCompany
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mpcvfx

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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