

Luckwell sold MPC to Carlton Communications in 1983 and in doing so he became Carlton's managing director and largest individual shareholder. MPC continued to grow moving into video post-production and by 1983 was known for post-production and visual effects for the advertising and feature film industries. MPC was established by Mike Luckwell in 1970, starting as a production company producing TV commercials and in 1974 the studio began delving into video, acquiring broadcast standard video recorders and TV cameras. It is headquartered in London with facilities located in Los Angeles, New York City, Montreal, Amsterdam, Bangalore, Paris, Berlin and Shanghai. MPC is part of Technicolor Creative Studios.

Their artists have produced Academy Award Winning work for films including 1917, The Jungle Book and The Life of Pi. The Moving Picture Company ( MPC) is a British multinational company providing visual effects, CGI, animation, motion design and other services for the film, TV, brand experience and advertising industries.
