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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‘Women Talking’ Director Sarah Polley Describes the ‘Power of Community’ in Her Ensemble Cast
TheWrap magazine: The Canadian actor-turned-director was joined by Judith Ivey and Sheila McCartney for a conversation about the acclaimed new film
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Why ‘Thirteen Lives’ Stars Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen Had to Hold the Camera to Film Themselves Underwater
Cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom explains how he faced the challenge of underwater photography for Ron Howard’s true-life film
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‘Close’ Director Lukas Dhont Describes How a Fateful Train Ride Led to His Film’s Success
TheWrap magazine: The 31-year-old Belgian director talks about how he portrays friendship and tenderness in his moving new film
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‘Nostalgia’ Filmmakers on Exploring the ‘Interior Labyrinth’ of One Man’s Past (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: Italian director Mario Martone joined with his writing partner Ippolita Di Majo to discuss Italy’s Oscar submission
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‘Till’ Crafts Team Recalls Intense Emotions: ‘To See a Grown Man Cry on Set — I’ve Never Experienced Anything Like That’
TheWrap Screening Series: Department heads in makeup, hair, cinematography and more discussed working on the film about Emmett Till’s mother Mamie
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Why a Catchy Dance Song About Pandemic Lockdowns Appears in ‘Triangle of Sadness’
Director Ruben Östlund explains how he fell in love with DJ Fred Again’s “Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing),” which plays at the end of his new comedy
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Gina Prince-Bythewood to Receive Filmmaker Honor from American Cinema Editors
The editors guild’s 73rd annual Eddie Awards will also celebrate Don Zimmerman (“Coming Home”) and Lynne Willingham (“Breaking Bad”)
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‘Tár’ and ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Lead Gotham Awards Nominations: Complete List
Other nominees include Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” and the father-daughter drama “Aftersun” starring Paul Mescal
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‘Triangle of Sadness’ Director Ruben Östlund on Getting That Gross-Out Seasick Scene Down to a Science
The “Force Majeure” and “The Square” filmmaker tells The Wrap about the techniques he employed to portray mass vomiting on a bumpy yacht
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‘Barbarian’ Editor Explains Why a ‘Gory, Sick, Funny’ Scene Involving a Rat Was Cut From Film
Joe Murphy (“A Friend of the Family”) also tells The Wrap about his “bare bones” approach to editing the hit horror film’s ending
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How Chef José Andrés Is Building His New Production Company to Help Enact Social Change (Video)
Innovators 2022: “Food equals love,” says the Spanish restauranteur, who has launched podcasts and a newsletter alongside his humanitarian aid efforts
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Oscar Winners Speak Out About the ‘Disrespectful’ and ‘Sad’ Pretaped Categories
The Academy moved eight categories to a recorded preshow — and still failed to shorten the broadcast’s length
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Oscar Winning ‘Dune’ Cinematographer Predicts Lack of Women and Minorities Will Improve in a Decade
“There is a massive groundswell of interest [in] other voices,” says cinematographer Grieg Fraser
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Here Are the 6 Times That Oscar Races Resulted in a Tie (Photos)
The most famous Oscar tie in history was 57 years ago in the Best Actress category.
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Why Cinematography Is Oscars’ Biggest Boys Club, With Only 2 Female Nominees in 94 Years
And how “The Power of the Dog” cinematographer Ari Wegner is on the verge of crashing it
