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Ex Machina is a 2014 British [6] science fiction film written and directed by Alex Garland in his directorial debut. It stars Domhnall Gleeson , Alicia Vikander , and Oscar Isaac . It follows a programmer who is invited by his CEO to administer the Turing test to an intelligent humanoid robot .
Made on a budget of $15 million, Ex Machina grossed $36 million worldwide [2] and received critical acclaim. [3] [4] The National Board of Review recognised Ex Machina as one of the ten best independent films of the year and at the 88th Academy Awards the film won the award for Best Visual Effects and additionally was nominated for Best ...
Garland made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, a 2014 feature film based on his own story and screenplay, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac. The film won a Jury Prize at the 2015 Gerardmer Film Festival, and earned Garland a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Vikander achieved global recognition for her roles as Vera Brittain in Testament of Youth (2014), a humanoid robot in Ex Machina (2014), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl (2015), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Ex Machina was met with critical acclaim for its performances, screenplay, direction, and visual effects. [39] In the romantic period drama Brooklyn, he appeared in a supporting role as a romantic interest of Saoirse Ronan's character, a young Irish woman living in Brooklyn in the 1950s. [40]
Ex Machina: Best Supporting Actress: 2nd [24] The Danish Girl: 4th Detroit Film Critics Society: 2015 Best Supporting Actress: Won [25] [26] Ex Machina: Nominated The Danish Girl Ex Machina: Best Breakthrough Won Dorian Awards: 2016 — Rising Star Won [27] Empire Awards: 2013: Anna Karenina: Best Female Newcomer: Nominated [28] [29] [30] 2015 ...
Best known for his works in Troy (2004), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Ex Machina (2015). In 2016, Whitehurst received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for his work on the film Ex Machina. He shared the award with Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, and Mark Williams Ardington. [1]
Sonoya Mizuno was born in Tokyo [1] [2] [3] on 1 July 1986, [4] [5] the daughter of an English-Argentine mother and Japanese father. [6] The family later moved to England, where she grew up in Somerset. [7]