Hilary Klotz Steinman

Independent Documentary Film Producer

 

Producer: The Codebreaker

Steward/Gazit Productions

The Codebreaker reveals the remarkable story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose contributions to the powerful new science of cryptology laid the foundation for modern codebreaking. Her genius at cracking secret messages and analyzing intelligence brought the mob to their knees in the 1930s and helped destroy a major Nazi spy ring in WWII. Her story was buried for more than half a century, and we are pleased to bring her inspiring life and pioneering work out of the shadows in our documentary.

- Film Website

 

Producer: Children of the Inquisition

Lovett Stories & Strategies

Children of the Inquisition is an eye opening reconsideration of history and identity that unearths the long-hidden secrets of what happened to the people forced to convert or flee during the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions. Children of the Inquisition takes us on a intimate journey unearthing 500 years of diaspora and hidden history.

- Film Website

Producer: Death by Design

Ambrica Productions

In an investigation that spans the globe, Death by Design explores the underbelly of the electronics industry and reveals how even the smallest digital devices have deadly environmental and health costs. From the intensely secretive factories in China, to a ravaged New York community and the high tech corridors of Silicon Valley, this bold documentary tells the story of the high tech revolution hidden from most consumers.

- Film Website

Producer & Director: Test Tube Babies

Steward/Gazit Productions

American Experience presents Test Tube Babies, from filmmakers Chana Gazit and Hilary Klotz Steinman. This one-hour documentary tells the story of doctors, researchers, and hopeful couples who pushed the limits of science and triggered a technological revolution in human reproduction.

- Film Website

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About Hilary

Hilary Klotz Steinman is an Emmy award winning independent documentary filmmaker and has been producing historical and verite documentary films for over 20 years. 

In February, 2020, Hilary established Napatree Films to produce independent projects that explore forgotten or overlooked histories and illuminate the experiences of women and girls in America and globally.

Hilary just produced, The Codebreaker, a documentary for the PBS history series American Experience about Elizebeth Friedman, a pioneering codebreaker who thwarted organized crime gangs during Prohibition, hunted Nazi spies during World War II and helped develop the science of cryptography in America.