Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company's brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing Test—charging him with evaluating the capabilities, and ultimately the consciousness, of Nathan’s latest experiment in artificial intelligence. That experiment is Ava (Alicia Vikander), a breathtaking A.I. whose emotional intelligence proves more sophisticated––and more deceptive––than the two men could have imagined. Directed by Alex Garland.

Director: Alex Garland

Executive Producer: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush

Producer: Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich

Screenwriter: Alex Garland

Cinematographer: Rob Hardy

Editor: Mark Day

Production Designer: Mark Digby

Sound Designer: Glenn Freemantle

Music: Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow

Additional Credits: Executive Producer: Tessa Ross, Line Producer: Caroline Levy, Costume Designer: Sammy Sheldon Differ, Visual Effects Supervisor: Andrew Whitehurst, Associate Producer: Joanne Smith

Principal Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander

Alex Garland’s writing credits include 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Never Let Me Go, and Dredd. He has producing credits on 28 Weeks Later, Never Let Me Go, and Dredd, and he also wrote the novels The Beach and The Tesseract, both of which have been made into films. Ex Machina is Garland's directorial debut.

Distributor: A24

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