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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‘Nightmare Alley’: Find Out Why the Design of Cate Blanchett’s Office Gives a Clue to the Film’s Title
TheWrap magazine: Production designer Tamara Deverell explains her motives behind creating the Guillermo del Toro film’s most dazzling set.
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How ‘The Power of the Dog’ Production Designer Embraced ‘Magical Qualities’ While Making the 1920s Drama
TheWrap magazine: Oscar winner Grant Major talks about the ways in which his sets for the Jane Campion film were “a vessel for the psychological things going on’
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‘Belfast’: Why Sound Designers Used the Roar and Whistle of a Train to Depict a Violent Mob
Bringing a 1969 Northern Ireland to life required ingenuity for the crew of Kenneth Branagh’s awards favorite
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Why ‘The Power of the Dog’ Cinematographer Resisted a ‘Full Rainbow’ for Film’s Aesthetic (Exclusive Video)
Ari Wegner describes her subtle, sensual work on the awards-favorite Jane Campion film
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Why ‘Titane’ Director Auditioned Both Men and Women for the Film’s Lead Role
“The gender was not relevant as long as I found what I needed,” Cannes Palme d’Or winner Julia Ducournau tells TheWrap
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Is ‘The Power of the Dog’ a Vampire Movie? Why the Film’s Cinematographer Won’t Rule It Out
“I always called it a monster film,” Ari Wegner tells TheWrap
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‘The First Wave’ Director Hopes His COVID Doc Inspires Compassion and Catharsis
TheWrap magazine: “It’s a film about human beings coming together in crisis. And in the face of this awful virus, that was a beautiful thing to witness,” Matthew Heineman says
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Filmmakers Tell Inspiring Stories of Womanhood and Community for Starz’s Short Film Competition (Video)
Power Women Summit 2021: The directors of five short films, on topics ranging from teenage romance to surviving cancer, chat about their creative inspiration
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Docs to Watch: Journeys With Jacques Cousteau and the Sparks Brothers
This week’s highlights also include new releases about the recent presidential election in Zimbabwe and a fight over Christmas decorations
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‘The Jump’ Director Talks Celebrating ‘Our Local James Bond’ in Lithuanian Documentary (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: Documentarian Giedrė Žickytė explains what drew her to the 1970 story of a Soviet man who defected by jumping onto an American boat
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Joaquin Phoenix’s 12-Year-Old ‘C’mon C’mon’ Co-Star on the Scene That Even Now Brings Him to Tears | Wrap Video
TheWrap’s ”How I Did It“ series profiles director Mike Mills and child actor Woody Norman, who plays the wily nephew of Phoenix’s character
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‘Titane’ Director Julia Ducournau Shares Nightmares That Inspired Film: ‘I Was Giving Birth to Engine Pieces’
TheWrap magazine: The Palme d’Or winner says that reality was the most important factor for her, “even though that’s not a word often linked to my film”
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Docs to Watch: Deep Dives Into Charlie Chaplin, Anthony Bourdain and Tina Turner
This week’s highlights include films about three icons of film, food and music
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What ‘Ascension’ Director Learned Filming Inside Chinese Factories Making Sex Dolls and Trump MAGA Merch
TheWrap magazine: “At one of the more disturbing locations, the workers appeared the most relaxed,” documentary filmmaker Jessica Kingdon says
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‘Not Going Quietly’ Filmmakers on the Resilience of a Crusading ALS Fighter (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: Executive producer Bradley Whitford is joined by the film’s producer and director for a conversation on health care advocate Ady Barkan
