Conceiving Ada
1999 | 85m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Lynn Hershman-Leeson |
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| Writer: | Lynn Hershman-Leeson, Eileen Jones |
| Staring: |
| Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the world of Ada Lovelace, founder of the idea of a computer language and proponent of the possibilities of the "difference engine." Ada's ideas were stifled and unfulfilled because of the reality of life as a woman in the nineteenth century. Emmy has a plan to defeat death and the past using her own DNA as a communicative agent to the past, bringing Ada to the present. But what are the possible ramifications? | |
| Release Date: | Feb 19, 1999 |
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| Director: | Lynn Hershman-Leeson |
| Writer: | Lynn Hershman-Leeson, Eileen Jones |
| Genres: | Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | woman director |
| Production Companies | Hotwire Productions, Outpost Studios, Complex Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tilda Swinton | Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace |
| Francesca Faridany | Emmy Coer |
| Timothy Leary | Sims |
| Karen Black | Lady Byron / Mother Coer |
| John Perry Barlow | John Crosse |
| John O'Keefe | Charles Babbage |
| J.D. Wolfe | Nicholas Clayton |
| Owen Murphy | William Lovelace |
| David Brooks | Children's Tutor |
| Esther Mulligan | Mary Shelley |
| Ellen Sebastian | Dr. Fury |
| Mark Capri | Dr. Locock |
| Joe Wemple | Priest / Talk Show Host |
| Chris von Sneidern | Musician In Elevator |
| David Eppel | Simon |
| R.U. Sirius | Barlow |
| Kashka Peck | Teenage Ada |
| Rose Lockwood | Child Ada / Claire |
| Jesse Talman Boss | Baby Ada |
| Lillian L. Malmberg | Anne Isabelle Byron |
| Cyrus Mare | Ralph Byron |
| Michael Oosterom | Lord Byron |
| Pollyanna Jacobs | Cocktail Server |
| Roger Shaw | Priest (voice) |
| Bruce Sterling | CD Rom (Voice) |
| Dave Nelson | CD Rom (Voice) |
| Henry S. Rosenthal | CD Rom (Voice) |
| George Leeson | CD Rom (Voice) |
| Melissa Howden | CD Rom (Voice) |
| Josh Rosen | CD Rom (Voice) |
| Lynn Hershman-Leeson | CD Rom (Voice) |
| Lavay Smith | Club Band: Lead Singer |
| Bing Nathan | Club Band: Upright Bass |
| Chris Siebert | Club Band: Piano |
| Bill Stewart | Club Band: Alto Sax |
| Rosemary Astromsky | club patron |
| Brooke Baggett | club patron |
| Lori Baker | Club Patron |
| Stack Buss | club patron |
| Ellen Sebastian Chang | Club Patron |
| Ethan Hay | Club Patron |
| Geoffrey Herreman | Club Patron |
| Seanne-Marie Jacobsen | club patron |
| Michelle Kopecky | club patron |
| Sharon Leong | club patron |
| Jafer Louahdi | club patron |
| Kenneth Lorber | club patron |
| Melissa Margolis | club patron |
| Phillip Ristaino | Club Patron |
| Kit Robberson | Club Patron |
| Dawn Robinson | Club Patron |
| Jackie D. Stewart | Club Patron |
| Lena Strayhorn | Club Patron |
| Greg Thomas | Club Patron |
| Tabitha Warren | Club Patron |
| Charles Pinion | (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lynn Hershman-Leeson | Production Design, Director, Writer |
| Eileen Jones | Writer |
| Bill Zarchy | Director of Photography |
| Laura F. Haynes | Art Direction |
| Hiro Narita | Director of Photography |
| Robert Dalva | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Henry S. Rosenthal | Producer |
| Lynn Hershman-Leeson | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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