Tesla
Michael Almereyda, Director
Sloan Grant(s) Received:
2017, Sloan Science in Cinema Filmmaker Fellowship, SFFILM
2019, Production Grant, Sundance Institute
Project Type: Feature
Genre: Drama
Length: 102 minutes
Field of Science: Electrical Engineering, Physics
Stage: Completed
Synopsis
A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan’s daughter Anne, charting Tesla’s breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light and his attempts to harness wireless energy.