Conceiving Ada

Conceiving Ada
Directed by	Lynn Hershman Leeson
Produced by	Lynn Hershman Leeson, Henry S. Rosenthal
Written by	Lynn Hershman Leeson Eileen Jones
Starring	Tilda Swinton Francesca Faridany Timothy Leary Karen Black John O'Keefe John Perry Barlow J.D. Wolfe
Release date(s)	10 September 1997
Running time	85 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Conceiving Ada is a 1997 movie produced, written, and directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson. Produced by Lynn Hershman Leeson and Henry S. Rosenthal. Directors of Photography: Hiro Narita, Bill Zarchy

Synopsis

Emmy Coer is a computer scientist obsessed with Countess Ada Lovelace, author of the first computer algorithm, written for Charles Babbage's "difference engine". She finds a way of communicating with people in the past by way of "undying information waves". In the film, Ada's ideas are portrayed as limited by discrimination against women in technology, science and mathematics in her time. Much of the story revolves around Coer's attempts to use genetic engineering to bring Countess Lovelace into the present.

Cast

• Tilda Swinton as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
• Francesca Faridany as Emmy Coer
• Timothy Leary as Sims
• Karen Black as Lady Byron/Mother Coer
• John O'Keefe as Charles Babbage
• John Perry Barlow as John Crosse
• J.D. Wolfe as Nicholas Clayton
• Owen Murphy as William Lovelace
• David Brooks as Children's Tutor (David)

External links

• Official Site of the Movie
• Conceiving Ada at the Internet Movie Database