Directors whose movies are nominated for Best Motion Picture Oscars or Golden Globes usually receive a similar nod for Best Director.  Surprisingly, Barbra Streisand was not nominated for a Best Director Oscar for Yentl and, similarly, Ava DuVernay did not receive a Best Director Oscar nomination for Selma.  In this month’s ENewsletter, we profile these two exceptional movie directors.

Welcome to the Hollywood:  Her Story ENewsletter.  When we started writing our beautiful book, Hollywood:  Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies, we didn’t realize that we would find so many creative women as well as the important Hollywood back story.