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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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.
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How the ‘Nightmare Alley’ Hair Team Fitted Rooney Mara With ‘A Wig On Top of a Wig’
The hair and makeup designers talk about the epic production values of Guillermo del Toro’s film, which used more than 100 wigs
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‘Jihad Rehab’ Filmmaker Defends Sundance Doc From Islamophobe Criticism: ‘This Film Seeks to Challenge Stereotypes’(Exclusive)
Sundance 2022: “This film seeks to challenge stereotypes,” documentarian Meg Smaker says after drawing online fire for her portrait of three former Yemeni detainees
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Why Aubrey Plaza Entered Thriller Territory With Her New Film ‘Emily the Criminal’ (Video)
Sundance 2022: “It was a no-brainer for me when I read it,” Plaza says
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Why ‘King Richard’ Cinematographer Studied Other Sports Movies to Make Williams Sisters Drama
Oscar-winner Robert Elswit (“There Will Be Blood”) also explains the approach to staging the film’s domestic scenes with Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis
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How Filmmakers of ‘The Janes’ Documentary Confront Today’s Abortion Debate Through a 1960s Lens (Video)
Sundance 2022: “These were ordinary women turned outlaws,” co-director Tia Lessin says. “What better story is there than that?”
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Why Kodi Smit-McPhee Describes Acting in ‘The Power of the Dog’ as ‘Entering Another World Through a Portal’
TheWrap magazine: The 25-year-old Australian actor explains how he portrayed the “sweet and unsettling” vibe of an enigmatic teenager in 1920s Montana
