The movie year, which ends today at midnight, was a very good one for films, both American and foreign. Though there were few brilliant films (The Social Network, Carlos, Mesrine), there were many  good ones, both features and non-fiction works.  Over the next week, we’ll run daily columns that single out the achievements in various categories, such as Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, etc.

The Best Directors of 2010….

Barbra Streisand established herself as a major Broadway star in "Funny Girl," for which she won a Tony Award nomination, and went on to become a movie star after the play was made into a movie by William Wyler and won an Oscar for it (in a tie with Katharine Hepburn).

Katharine Hepburn won her second Best Actress Oscar in 1967 for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"  Hepburn,  who won two more Oscars, still holds the record of the most honored Academy actress.