They Were There

They Were There
They Were There
Directed by	Errol Morris
Music by	Philip Glass
Release date	January 20, 2011;
Running time	30 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

They Were There (also known as IBM Centennial Film: They Were There - People who changed the way the world works) is a 2011 documentary short film directed by Oscar winner Errol Morris. It is a centennial film about the company IBM.

Errol Morris
Documentary films	Gates of Heaven (1978) Vernon, Florida (1981) The Thin Blue Line (1988) A Brief History of Time (1991) Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) Mr. Death (1999) The Fog of War (2003) Standard Operating Procedure (2008) Tabloid (2010) The Unknown Known (2013) The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography (2016) American Dharma (2018) The Pigeon Tunnel (2023) Separated (2024) CHAOS: The Manson Murders (2025)
Feature films	The Dark Wind (1991)
Other	First Person (TV series, 2000) They Were There (short film, 2011) A Wilderness of Error (book, 2012) Wormwood (miniseries, 2017) The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality) (book, 2018)