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Joe McGovern

Joe McGovern

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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.

  • Can You Spot the Fake Horses? ‘RRR’ Visual Effects Team Breaks Down How Hundreds of Animals Were Created

    “You can challenge anyone to pick out the live horses from the digital horses,” VFX supervisor Pete Draper tells TheWrap

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    Joe McGovern
    December 14, 2022 @ 11:48 AM
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    11:48 AM
    Can You Spot the Fake Horses? ‘RRR’ Visual Effects Team Breaks Down How Hundreds of Animals Were Created
  • Watch How ‘Babylon’ Production Designer Florencia Martin Re-Created Old Hollywood in the Desert (Exclusive Video)

    Oscar-winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”) admits that he put Martin through an “insane challenge” for his latest feature

    By

    Joe McGovern
    December 12, 2022 @ 9:00 AM
    Awards
    9:00 AM
    Watch How ‘Babylon’ Production Designer Florencia Martin Re-Created Old Hollywood in the Desert (Exclusive Video)
  • ‘Retrograde’ Director Describes the ‘Sheer Scope of Desperation’ as Afghanistan Fell to the Taliban

    TheWrap magazine: “I had to keep wiping my tears off my camera lens,” says Oscar-nominated filmmaker Matthew Heineman (“Cartel Land,” “A Private War”)

    By

    Joe McGovern
    December 9, 2022 @ 11:00 AM
    Awards
    11:00 AM
    ‘Retrograde’ Director Describes the ‘Sheer Scope of Desperation’ as Afghanistan Fell to the Taliban
  • ‘War Sailor’ Director on How Conversation With His Daughter Inspired the World War II Film

    TheWrap magazine: Gunnar Vikene’s drama about one man’s unrelenting experience at sea is the most expensive film ever made by Norway

    By

    Joe McGovern
    December 9, 2022 @ 9:50 AM
    Awards
    9:50 AM
    ‘War Sailor’ Director on How Conversation With His Daughter Inspired the World War II Film
  • ‘All That Breathes’ Director Shaunak Sen on Breaking Nature Doc Clichés While Filming Hospitalized Birds

    TheWrap magazine: “Birds popping up in every nook and cranny is so inherently cinematic,” the Delhi-based filmmaker says

    By

    Joe McGovern
    December 8, 2022 @ 11:00 AM
    Awards
    11:00 AM
    ‘All That Breathes’ Director Shaunak Sen on Breaking Nature Doc Clichés While Filming Hospitalized Birds
  • Why ‘Good Night Oppy’ Is Inspiring a Future Generation of Astronauts: ‘That Is Just a Whole Other Level of Amazingness’

    TheWrap Screening Series: Two NASA engineers join director Ryan White and producer Jessica Hargrave reflect on their Mars rover film’s impact

    By

    Joe McGovern
    December 6, 2022 @ 3:00 PM
    Awards
    3:00 PM
    Why ‘Good Night Oppy’ Is Inspiring a Future Generation of Astronauts: ‘That Is Just a Whole Other Level of Amazingness’
  • How ‘Fire of Love’ Doc Captured the Larger-Than-Life Spirit of Famed Volcanologists

    TheWrap magazine: “The more we learned, and the more imagery we saw, we were just blown away — forgive the pun,” says director Sara Dosa

    By

    Joe McGovern
    December 5, 2022 @ 12:30 PM
    Awards
    12:30 PM
    How ‘Fire of Love’ Doc Captured the Larger-Than-Life Spirit of Famed Volcanologists
  • ‘Women Talking’ Director Sarah Polley Describes the ‘Power of Community’ in Her Ensemble Cast

    TheWrap magazine: The Canadian actor-turned-director was joined by Judith Ivey and Sheila McCartney for a conversation about the acclaimed new film

    By

    Joe McGovern
    December 1, 2022 @ 9:25 AM
    Awards
    9:25 AM
    ‘Women Talking’ Director Sarah Polley Describes the ‘Power of Community’ in Her Ensemble Cast
  • Why ‘Thirteen Lives’ Stars Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen Had to Hold the Camera to Film Themselves Underwater

    Cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom explains how he faced the challenge of underwater photography for Ron Howard’s true-life film

    By

    Joe McGovern
    November 30, 2022 @ 7:30 AM
    Awards
    7:30 AM
    Why ‘Thirteen Lives’ Stars Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen Had to Hold the Camera to Film Themselves Underwater
  • ‘Close’ Director Lukas Dhont Describes How a Fateful Train Ride Led to His Film’s Success

    TheWrap magazine: The 31-year-old Belgian director talks about how he portrays friendship and tenderness in his moving new film

    By

    Joe McGovern
    November 29, 2022 @ 6:00 PM
    Wrap Magazine (Awards)
    6:00 PM
    ‘Close’ Director Lukas Dhont Describes How a Fateful Train Ride Led to His Film’s Success
  • ‘Nostalgia’ Filmmakers on Exploring the ‘Interior Labyrinth’ of One Man’s Past (Video)

    TheWrap Screening Series: Italian director Mario Martone joined with his writing partner Ippolita Di Majo to discuss Italy’s Oscar submission

    By

    Joe McGovern
    November 28, 2022 @ 2:52 PM
    TheWrap Screening Series
    2:52 PM
    ‘Nostalgia’ Filmmakers on Exploring the ‘Interior Labyrinth’ of One Man’s Past (Video)
  • ‘Till’ Crafts Team Recalls Intense Emotions: ‘To See a Grown Man Cry on Set — I’ve Never Experienced Anything Like That’

    TheWrap Screening Series: Department heads in makeup, hair, cinematography and more discussed working on the film about Emmett Till’s mother Mamie

    By

    Joe McGovern
    November 21, 2022 @ 1:00 PM
    TheWrap Screening Series
    1:00 PM
    ‘Till’ Crafts Team Recalls Intense Emotions: ‘To See a Grown Man Cry on Set — I’ve Never Experienced Anything Like That’
  • Why a Catchy Dance Song About Pandemic Lockdowns Appears in ‘Triangle of Sadness’

    Director Ruben Östlund explains how he fell in love with DJ Fred Again’s “Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing),” which plays at the end of his new comedy

    By

    Joe McGovern
    November 11, 2022 @ 1:44 PM
    Movies
    1:44 PM
    Why a Catchy Dance Song About Pandemic Lockdowns Appears in ‘Triangle of Sadness’
  • Gina Prince-Bythewood to Receive Filmmaker Honor from American Cinema Editors

    The editors guild’s 73rd annual Eddie Awards will also celebrate Don Zimmerman (“Coming Home”) and Lynne Willingham (“Breaking Bad”)

    By

    Joe McGovern
    October 27, 2022 @ 8:32 AM
    Awards
    8:32 AM
    Gina Prince-Bythewood to Receive Filmmaker Honor from American Cinema Editors
  • ‘Tár’ and ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Lead Gotham Awards Nominations: Complete List

    Other nominees include Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” and the father-daughter drama “Aftersun” starring Paul Mescal

    By

    Joe McGovern
    October 25, 2022 @ 9:33 AM
    Awards
    9:33 AM
    ‘Tár’ and ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Lead Gotham Awards Nominations: Complete List
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