Ex Machina is a 2015 science fiction film directed by Alex Garland and produced by Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich through their British film companies Film4 and DNA Films. It had a budget of $15 million and stars Alicia Vikander as Ava, an AI assistant created by Nathan Bateman, played by Oscar Isaac. Domhnall Gleeson plays Caleb Smith, an employee who is chosen to perform a Turing test on Ava to evaluate her human-likeness.

1. Ex Machina – Film
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2. Produced by: Andrew Macdonald, and Allon Reich.
Production company: Film4, and DNA Films.
Both of these companies are British film companies, and have both produced and Co-produced many films
some of which are: 28 days/weeks later (2002/2007) and Love Actually (2003) by DNA films and Shaun of
the Dead (2004), and 12 years a slave (2013) co-produced by Film4.
Directed by: Alex Garland.
Alex Garland was the screenwriter for 28 days later, sunshine and Never let me go.
Budget: $15 million (around £12 million).
Cast: Alicia Vikander as Ava, Domhnall Gleeson as Caleb Smith, Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman, and Sonoya
Mizuno as kyoko.
• Alicia Vikander has been in the following films: The Danish girl (2015); she played the role of Gerda
Wegener, and Jason Bourne (2016); she played the role of Agent Heather Lee.
• Domhnall Gleeson has been in the following films: About Time (2013); he played the role of Tim Lake, and
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015); he played the role of General Hux.
• Oscar Isaac has been in the following films: X-Men: Apocalypse (2016); he played the role of En Sabat
Nur, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015); he played the role of Poe Dameron.
• Sonoya Mizuno has been in the following films: High Strung (2016); she played the role of Jazzy, and La La
Land (2016); she played the role of Caitlin.