Based on a true story. Dying of cancer and facing down early-Victorian sexism, brilliant mathematician Ada Byron King risks a high stakes gamble to raise the money needed to complete her life’s object, the world’s first computer.
Based on a true story. Dying of cancer and facing down early-Victorian sexism, brilliant mathematician Ada Byron King risks a high stakes gamble to raise the money needed to complete her life’s object, the world’s first computer.
Steven Kammerer has directed theatre before making his directorial debut with the Crazy8s 2019 production of ‘Ada’. He has seven years of experience on major union sets, and has worked as a 1st AD on award-winning shorts. He transitioned into working in film from academia, teaching history and literature at SFU and Queen’s University.
Amanda Konkin co-produced a Leo-Nominated TV series for OUTtv called The Switch (2016), the world’s first transgender sitcom. She also produced the short films Dude, Where’s My Ferret? (2015) and Singer Sisters (2016), as well as the Storyhive award winning webseries pilot Silk (2015). Amanda was recently selected as the Producer for Women in View and Women in Animation’s prestigious Five in Focus program. She will be working with the other recipients to create an animated short film that will premiere at the Spark! Animation Festival in October 2019. She currently works as a Production Manager at Rainmaker Studios, a Division of WOW! Unlimited Media Inc, with previous studio credits as the Associate Production Manager on the Netflix original series Reboot: The Guardian Code (March 2018) and as a production coordinator on Surfs Up 2: Wavemania (Sony, 2017).