Ex Machina

An independent film made on a budget of just $15 million, Ex Machina tells the story of Caleb, a lonely 24 year old coder who wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of his company. But when he arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with Ava the world’s first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

Ava and the Academy Awards®
DNEG was tasked with the creation of the iconic Ava under the supervision of Overall and DNEG VFX Supervisor Andrew Whitehurst.

DNEG’s Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris and Mark Ardington, along with Milk VFX’s Sara Bennett, were honoured at the 2015 Academy® Awards over the likes of Star Wars, The Martian and Mad Max, taking home the Best VFX Oscar for their work on Ex Machina.

A ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence, evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.

'Ex Machina' | VFX Breakdown

'Ex Machina' | Trailer

To erase the line between man and machine is to obscure the line between men and gods

There is nothing more human

than the will to survive

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Oscars: 'Ex Machina' wins Best Visual Effects Award

More Human Than Human: 'Ex Machina’s' Incredible Robot

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