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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‘Sound of Metal’ Editor on Why He Cut a ‘Beautiful, Candy to the Eye’ Scene
Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Mikkel E.G. Nielsen talks to TheWrap about what was lost (and gained) from the film’s original 3:45 version
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‘Mank’ Cinematographer: ‘My Memories of Making the Film Are All in Black and White’
Erik Messerschmidt, Oscar nominated for his debut feature film as a cinematographer, talks to TheWrap about working with David Fincher on the 1940s-era period piece
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Oscar-Nominated ‘Minari’ Composer Credits This Tim Burton Movie as Inspiration
Musician Emile Mosseri talks to TheWrap about his love of film scores and the tricky line between sweet and saccharine in emotive music
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How ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Production Designer Used a Steel Mill to Re-Create 1920s Chicago
Oscar nominee Mark Ricker (“The Help,” “Julie & Julia”) talks to TheWrap about using an abandoned Pittsburgh factory for the acclaimed Netflix film
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What Does a Torpedo Sound Like? Watch a ‘Greyhound’ Scene With 3 Different Audio Tracks
The Oscar-nominated sound engineers talk to TheWrap about their work on the Tom Hanks battleship film
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‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ Editor Walks Us Through Film’s Complex Riot Flashback (Video)
Oscar nominee Alan Baumgarten explains to TheWrap five of the challenges he faced while cutting one six-minute sequence in Aaron’s Sorkin’s courtroom drama
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Why Would China Censor Oscars Over a Short Doc Nominee? ‘They Are Obviously Afraid,’ Director Says
Anders Hammer, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary short “Do Not Split,” talks to TheWrap about the Chinese government’s harsh reaction to his film on the 2019 Hong Kong protests
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‘Nomadland’ Cinematographer Pays Tribute to the First Steadicam Movie (Exclusive Video)
Oscar front runners Joshua James Richards and Chloé Zhao also discuss their approach to lighting and framing the Frances McDormand film
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Oscar Nominated ‘Sound of Metal’ Sonic Designer Breaks Down the Film’s Profound Final Scene
Sound designer Nicholas Becker heads to the Oscars with history on his side: No movie with the word “sound” in its title has ever lost the category of Best Sound
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Oscar-Nominated Costume Designer Alexandra Byrne on Jumping From ‘Emma’ to DC’s ‘The Flash’
Oscar-winner Alexandra Byrne, nominated for a sixth time this year for the pastel-colored Jane Austen adaptation, talks to TheWrap about bouncing between period films and superhero flicks
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Oscar Nom Surprise: ‘Another Round’ Director Heard His Name, and the Rest Is a Blur
Thomas Vinterberg, the first Danish filmmaker nominated for Best Director, talks to TheWrap about his intoxicating nod for the Mads Mikkelsen film
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How ‘Nomadland’ Cinematographer Shot Frances McDormand’s Final Scene as Homage to John Wayne
Joshua James Richards talks to TheWrap about Chloé Zhao’s Oscar frontrunner and its spiritual connection to John Ford’s 1956 classic ‘The Searchers’
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How ‘Pinocchio’ Makeup Artists Turned an Actor Into a Tuna Fish – Yes, a Tuna Fish
Director Matteo Garrone’s Italian-language adaptation also transformed a real boy into a wooden puppet
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Why ‘Mank’ Costume Designer’s Phone Was a Secret Weapon on Set (Exclusive Video)
Trish Summerville, an Oscar nomination favorite for her elaborate 1930s wardrobes in David Fincher’s film, describes the challenges of creating clothes in a black and white world
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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Hair and Makeup: How Viola Davis Was Inspired by Bette Davis’s Classic ‘Baby Jane’
TheWrap awards magazine: Makeup designer Sergio Lopez-Rivera and hair artist Mia Neal discuss their work with the Oscar-winner on creating a glamorous and discomforting heroine
