Joe McGovern is an awards reporter at TheWrap, writing about actors, directors, craftspeople and trends in the annual Oscar race. He also moderates conversations with filmmakers for TheWrap’s Screening Series. Before joining TheWrap in 2020, he was a correspondent at Entertainment Weekly. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.
Experience:
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Director ‘Flattered and Honored’ by Historic Oscar Nomination: ‘It Means So Much’
TheWrap magazine: Takashi Yamazaki is the first director nominated for Best Visual Effects since Stanley Kubrick in 1969
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TheWrap Screening Series: Best Documentary Feature Oscar Nominees on ‘Maze of Different Techniques’ in Nonfiction Storytelling | Video
Directors Christopher Sharp, Kaouther Ben Hania, Maite Alberdi and producer Michelle Mizner gathered for an engaging Q&A hosted by Steve Pond
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‘The Taste of Things’ Director Explains Why Food and Lust Are 2 ‘Main Sources of Sensuality’
“When I’m making a movie, I don’t feel any suffering. I just love doing it,” the Cannes 2023 Best Director winner Tran Anh Hung tells TheWrap
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Martin Scorsese and Justine Triet to Receive Directors of the Year Award at Santa Barbara Film Fest
The two filmmakers, both Oscar nominated this year, will participate in a joint Q&A on Feb. 12
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‘Maestro’ Makeup Artist Explains How He Turned Bradley Cooper Into Leonard Bernstein | Exclusive Video
Actor-director Cooper says that, after a grueling makeup session, prosthetics master Kazu Hiro “looked like he’d just run two marathons in a row.”
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Colman Domingo, Ayo Edebiri, ‘The Color Purple’ Among 2024 NAACP Image Award Nominees
Other nominees for the March 16 ceremony included “American Fiction,” “Origin,” Victoria Monét and Usher
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‘Anatomy of a Fall’: Justine Triet Says It Is ‘Crazy’ She’s Only the 8th Woman Nominated for Directing Oscar
“I think we’re in the beginning of a huge revolution for women,” the filmmaker says, praising fellow Best Picture nominees Greta Gerwig of “Barbie” and Celine Song of “Past Lives”
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‘Barbie’ Star Ryan Gosling ‘Disappointed’ in Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig Oscar Snub: ‘There Is No Barbie Movie’ Without Them
“No recognition would be possible for anyone on the film without their talent, grit and genius,” the Oscar-nominated actor says
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Oscars 2024: Justine Triet Cries, Colman Domingo ‘Bursting With Joy’ and Other Nominee Reactions
“I’m thrilled and over the moon with excitement,” says Best Actress nominee Annette Bening
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2024 Oscar Firsts: Lily Gladstone, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg Make History
Other notable nominations included Colman Domingo, John Williams and “20 Days in Mariupol”
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‘Rustin’ Star Colman Domingo Says It Was Important to Flaunt the Activist’s Beaten-Out Teeth: ‘He Wore His Scars’
The award-nominated actor tells TheWrap how he used his smile, voice and body language to portray the civil rights hero
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Elton John Achieves EGOT Status With Emmy Award for Best Variety Special
The iconic musician became the 19th artist to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony
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‘Oppenheimer’ Wins 8 Critics Choice Awards Including Best Picture and Best Director
“Barbie” scored 6 awards including Best Song, while acting prizes went to Emma Stone (“Poor Things”) and Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”)
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘American Fiction’ Among Nominees for Producers Guild Award
Other nominees included the foreign language titles “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Zone of Interest” and “Past Lives”
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‘Poor Things,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ and Vampire Movie ‘El Conde’ Receive Nominations From American Society of Cinematographers
Other cited films included “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Maestro”
