Independent Moving Pictures

The Independent Moving Pictures Company

Founded	March 12, 1909; 115 years ago (1909-03-12) United States
Defunct	April 30, 1912; 112 years ago (1912-04-30)
Successor	Universal Pictures (Carl Laemmle) Cohn-Brandt-Cohn (CBC) Film Sales Corporation (Cohn Brothers and Joe Brandt)

The Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP) was a motion picture studio and production company founded in 1909 by Carl Laemmle. The company was based in New York City, with production facilities in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1912, IMP merged with several other production companies to form Universal Film Manufacturing Company, later renamed Universal Pictures Company with Laemmle as president.