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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‘Come Closer’ Director Shares How Real-Life Tragedy Inspired Her Genre-Twisting Film | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: Filmmaker Tom Nesher and her two lead actresses discuss depicting both grief and joy in the Israeli Oscar submission
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‘Wicked’ Named 2024’s Best Film by National Board of Review
Acting awards were won by Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Elle Fanning and Kieran Culkin
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‘I’m Still Here’ Director Walter Salles Says Quiet Inner Strength Can Knock Down Dictatorships
TheWrap magazine: The Brazilian director explains the power and persistence of Eunice Paiva, who fought against a murderous regime in the 1970s
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Iranian Director of ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Explains How He Landed His First Oscar Submission – By Fleeing to Germany
TheWrap magazine: The Cannes prize-winning thriller by the exiled Mohammad Rasoulof is a family drama about public protests for women’s rights in Iran
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‘Sugarcane’ Directors on Finding the ‘Journalistic and Emotional Truth’ for NatGeo’s Indigenous Crime Documentary
TheWrap magazine: The acclaimed film by Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat investigates child abuse and murder at Catholic boarding schools in Canada
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How ‘Vermiglio’ Explores Its Director’s Family History as an Immersive Wartime Saga
TheWrap magazine: Maura Delpero’s snowy mountain drama is the official Italian submission for the Oscars’ International Feature category
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Ted Danson to Receive Carol Burnett Award at 2025 Golden Globes
The three-time Globe winner and legendary “Cheers” star is currently appearing in Netflix’s “A Man on the Inside”
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How the Music for ‘Frida’ Documentary Gave ‘Inner Voice’ to the Beloved Artist
TheWrap magazine: Victor Hernández Stumpfhauser explains how he used guitar, synthesizer and the human voice to build the film’s triumphal score
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‘Nawi’ Actress Reveals How the Kenyan Oscar Entry Is ‘Going to Save Lives’ | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: First-time actress Lumuya Ikeny and the German/Kenyan film crew open up about crafting a movie around the illegal practice of child marriage
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How Jharrel Jerome Evolved Into a Grown Man While Making Sports Drama ‘Unstoppable’
TheWrap magazine: “My whole work ethic increased dramatically,” the Emmy-winning actor says. “I want the leading roles and I want my physique to help me enter that world”
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Timothée Chalamet and ‘A Complete Unknown’ Director James Mangold to Receive Visionary Tribute at Gotham Awards
The upcoming Bob Dylan biopic collaborators are hotly favored for awards attention this season
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Nicole Kidman to Receive Palm Springs Film Festival’s International Star Award
The “Babygirl” actress joins previously announced honorees Colman Domingo, Mikey Madison and Adrien Brody, in addition to the casts of “Emilia Pérez” and “Conclave”
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Maria Bakalova’s Sci-Fi Comedy ‘Triumph’ Tells the ‘Absolutely True Story’ of Psychics and Space Aliens
TheWrap Screening Series: The Oscar-nominated actress says the wild movie tells “a story that makes sense far outside” her native Bulgaria
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Netflix Leads Casting Society’s 40th Artios Awards Nominations
“The Crown” and “Baby Reindeer” are among the titles honored for achievements in casting on television
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Film Academy Names 2024 Gold Fellowship for Women Recipients
Raha Amirfazli and Shadi Karamroudi have been selected for the one-year mentorship program, now in its seventh year
