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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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
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Oscar Nominated Documentary Filmmakers ‘Channeled Creativity’ to Tell True Stories (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: Four directors and a producer join a conversation about what links their work
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Watch Martin Scorsese’s Tribute to Jane Campion at the New York Critics Circle Dinner (Video)
The Oscar-frontrunner was moved to tears by the legendary director’s six-minute speech
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How ‘Flee’ Director Made Oscars History With 3 ‘Crazy and Amazing’ Nominations
TheWrap Magazine: “Win or lose, everything is a gift now,” says Jonas Poher Rasmussen, whose film is nominated in the categories of documentary, animated feature, and international film
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How the Face in the Mountain Was Created in ‘The Power of the Dog’
“About 30% of people don’t see it,” Oscar-nominated cinematographer Ari Wegner tells TheWrap.
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Makeup Designer of ‘The Batman’ and ‘Coming 2 America’ Reveals His 5 All-Time Favorite Makeup Triumphs
Oscar nominee Mike Marino tells TheWrap that the greatest movie makeup “allows us to get into the psychology of a character.”
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How ‘Cyrano’ Director Used Technical Cunning to Ensure the Film’s ‘Heartbeat’ Couldn’t Be Cut Out
“Making movies is all about tricks,” Joe Wright tells TheWrap
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Watch a Female Mountaineer Make History in ‘Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest’ Trailer (Exclusive Video)
The story of Nepalese trailblazer Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, who summited the world’s highest peak in 1993, is told in a new documentary
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How ‘Nightmare Alley’ Costume Designer Made ‘Everything Look Seamless’ in Fitting Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett
Oscar nominee Luis Sequeira talks about stitching psychology into wardrobe and what can be figured out from costume fittings
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Jane Campion Shot a Different Ending for ‘The Power of the Dog’ – Here’s What It Was
Film editor Peter Sciberras explains how the Oscar front runner’s ending originally focused on one very meaningful word
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How ‘Don’t Look Up’ Film Editor’s Wedding Video Ended Up in the Movie’s Final Montage (Video)
“It’s the ultimate film edit,” says Oscar-nominee editor Hank Corwin of the end scene of Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in the film
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Why Maggie Gyllenhaal ‘Burst Into Tears’ When She Heard the Oscar Nominations
‘The Lost Daughter’ writer-director tells TheWrap, “We started drinking the champagne and we just haven’t stopped”
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‘House of Gucci’ Hairstyle Artist Cries While Describing His Conversation With Lady Gaga on Oscar Nomination Morning
“It was Gaga who pushed me to never give up on my art,” says “House of Gucci” hairstyle artist Frederic Aspiras.
