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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‘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
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See How Caleb Landry Jones Gave Life to a Robot Opposite Tom Hanks in ‘Finch’ (Exclusive Video)
The two actors star in the Apple TV+ sci-fi film about a man and his A.I. friend at the end of the world
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How ‘King Richard’ Composer Synced a Piano Note With a Tennis Shot | Wrap Video
TheWrap’s ”How I Did It“ series profiles acclaimed musician Kris Bowers and his “prepared piano” score for the biopic starring Will Smith
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‘My Name Is Pauli Murray’ Filmmakers Explain How They Portrayed a ‘Legendary But Little Known American’ (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: The directors of 2018’s ‘RBG’ and collaborators discuss their new film about a civil rights trailblazer
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How the Tiger King of Mexico Helped Make the New Canadian Film ‘Drunken Birds’ (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: Director Ivan Grbovic and cinematographer Sara Mishara discuss the making of ‘Drunken Birds’ drama
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How ‘Dune’ Costume Designers Kept Timothée Chalamet Cool in His Sci-Fi Stillsuit | Wrap Video
TheWrap’s “How I Did It” video series kicks off with wardrobe maestros Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan, who drew inspiration from Frank Herbert and the Jordan desert
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How ‘Mass’ Film Editor Broke Up an Argument Between 2 Characters
Yang-Hua Hu (2018’s “The Public”) talks to TheWrap about his precise, thoughtful work on the four-characters-in-one-room drama
