Documentary Team

Kathy Kleiman, Esq.

Founder of the ENIAC Programmers Project
Executive Producer of ENIAC Programmers Documentary

Kathy Kleiman

Kathy Kleiman discovered the ENIAC Programmers as a Harvard undergraduate and a female programmer in search of role models and inspiration. Her junior paper and senior thesis explored the missing chapter of computer – the ENIAC Programmers and many other women who were pioneers in early programming and software. A decade later, upon learning that most of the ENIAC Programmers were not invited to the ENIAC's 50th Anniversary she set out to record their oral histories, seek recognition for their accomplishments and produce the first feature documentary to tell their dramatic story.

Much of the work is done. Kathy and award-winning film producer David Roland recorded 20 hours of broadcast quality oral histories with the ENIAC Programmers. They have received awards at the highest level of computing. Now Kathy seeks to turn these oral histories, and the story with which she has been entrusted, into an inspiring feature documentary.

Kathy is also a pioneering attorney, programmer and data security auditor. After college, she attended Boston University School of Law and became one of the first attorneys in the field of Internet law. A co-founder of ICANN's Noncommercial Users Constituency, Kathy helped shape ICANN's domain names policy. She has spoken on behalf of free speech, fair use and privacy in Internet governance forums around the world.

Fiscal sponsor

Docs In Progress®

Docs In Progress® is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to empowering independent documentary filmmakers. It is led by documentary producers Adele Schmidt, Erica Ginsberg and Sam Hampton.

Docs In Progress® hosts its own ENIAC Programmers Project website here. Docs In Progress® offers screenings, educational programs and consulting services at its "Documentary House" in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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Web site design by Priscilla Holberton

This site is dedicated in honor of and in memory of the ENIAC programmers. Priscilla Holberton is the daughter of the late ENIAC programmer, Betty Snyder Holberton.