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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Ethan Hawke Says Richard Linklater Advised Making ‘The Last Movie Stars’ 6 Hours Long: ‘It’s Too Short!’
TheWrap magazine: Hawke says his Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward docuseries was originally meant to be a two-hour feature
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Ke Huy Quan Spoke to His ‘Goonies’ Costars Before Oscar Win: ‘We’re Family Together’
The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star shouted an immortal “Goonies” line to the media backstage after his Supporting Actor win
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‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Had the Earliest Release Date of All Best Picture Winners in 31 Years
No movie since 1991’s “The Silence of the Lambs” has played for as long in movie theaters before its Oscar win
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‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Is the First Comedy to Win Best Film Editing Since ‘Roger Rabbit’
The Oscar category most favors war films, action epics and musical biopics
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Indie Spirit Awards: Host Hasan Minhaj Rips Deadline as ‘Dog S— Clickbait Journalism’ in Love-Hate Monologue
“The Daily Show” comedian also took aim at the award show’s former partner, IFC Channel
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Why ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Director Decided to End the Film With a ‘Strong Human Dilemma’
TheWrap magazine: “People ask me what happens in the last scene,” says Ruben Östlund, “but I have not decided. I really don’t know”
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‘Elvis’ Cinematographer Mandy Walker Poised to Break Through Oscars’ 95-Year-Old Glass Ceiling
TheWrap Screening Series: The Australian gives a lion’s share of the credit to her longtime collaborator, director Baz Luhrmann
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How 3 Oscar-Nominated Women Sparked a Burning Love for ‘Elvis’
TheWrap Screening Series: Oscar nominees Catherine Martin, Mandy Walker and Gail Berman can’t help falling into a lovely conversation about grit and girl power
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Ke Huy Quan Is First Asian Man to Win SAG Award for Film Acting: ‘This Moment No Longer Belongs to Just Me’
The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star added another statuette to his collection and made history at the same time
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Oscar-Nominated ‘Banshees of Inisherin’ Editor Says the Key to Balancing Film’s Comedy and Drama Was Testing the Options
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, who won an Oscar in 2021 for “Sound of Metal,” also explains why Martin McDonagh has never made a movie longer than two hours
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How Oscar-Nominated ‘An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It’ Got That Title
Filmmaker Lachlan Pendragon, 26, describes how he constructed his short film in which an office worker finds out he’s an animated character
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Why ‘Babylon’ Composer Justin Hurwitz Included Circus Instruments and Broken Pianos in Film Score
“I was sitting here just blowing into kazoos to make fun sounds,” says the two-time Oscar-winner about his unusual tools for creating wild, memorable music
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Oscars 2023: A Complete Guide to the Nominees
TheWrap magazine: Here is everything you need to know about Oscar’s Class of 2023
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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Hairstylist Camille Friend Wants to Keep Inspiring ‘Joy and Pride’
The Oscar nominee talks to TheWrap about why she loves working with Marvel and the need for greater equity in her field
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‘Close’ Director Lukas Dhont Hopes Oscar Nom Will Deepen Conversation About Masculinity and Mental Health
“Cinema offers the power of connection. Experiencing emotions is incredibly powerful when we do it together,” the 31-year-old Belgian director says
