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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How Israeli Wedding Drama ‘Seven Blessings’ Worked in the ‘Real Essence’ of Its Stars, Writers | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: Actresses and cowriters Reymonde Amsallem and Eleanor Sela reflect with director Ayelet Menahemi on crafting their Oscar submission
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‘Society of the Snow’ Director Explains How a Famous Survival Story Was Finally Depicted ‘Using Real Names’
TheWrap magazine: “We used all local actors with Uruguayan accents, which was so important to us and to the survivors,” says director J.A. Bayona
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‘The Delinquents’ Director Rodrigo Moreno Makes You Wonder if You’d Like to Rob a Bank
TheWrap magazine: Argentina’s Oscar submission interrogates the prison of a jail cell vs. an office cubicle
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‘The Mission’ Directors Said NatGeo Was ‘Not Afraid’ of Their Documentary Examining the Company’s History of Exoticizing Foreign Cultures
TheWrap magazine: “They have said that they were culpable for shaping the Western conception of tribal cultures,” says co-director Jesse Moss
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‘The Eternal Memory’ Director Says a Filmmaking Error Added Extra Poignancy to Her Film
TheWrap magazine: ” The footage being out of focus works because it’s meaningful,” says Oscar-nominated documentarian Maite Alberdi
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‘Beyond Utopia’ Director Wants to Honor 26 Million Trapped North Koreans in an ‘Intimate, Profound Way’
TheWrap magazine: Madeleine Gavin says documenting families’ attempted escapes from the authoritarian nation was a lesson in “pure courage”
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How the ‘Maestro’ Sound Team Recorded Concerts and Party Scenes in the Moment | Exclusive Video
“Bradley Cooper’s vision was always to get it live,” says a sound mixer. “The challenge is: How do you do that?”
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‘Fallen Leaves’ Star Alma Pöysti Explains How Making the Deadpan Rom-Com Was ‘As Pure as Possible’
TheWrap magazine: “(Director) Aki Kaurismäki doesn’t rehearse with us and he prefers to get every shot done in one take,” says the acclaimed actress
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How Jon Batiste Convinced Wife Suleika Jaouad to Document Cancer Battle in ‘American Symphony’
TheWrap magazine: “It’s hard to talk about the grief that you’re feeling. It’s hard to talk about your worst fears,” director Matthew Heineman says
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How a Heavy Backpack Helped Christian Friedel Portray Human Evil in ‘The Zone of Interest’
TheWrap magazine: “I had to keep all this darkness inside of me,” says the acclaimed German actor. “It was a very tough cocktail”
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Chelsea Handler Returning to Host This Year’s Critics Choice Awards
The annual show – and very reliable Oscar prognosticator – will air Jan. 14 on The CW
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Oscars Telecast Will Begin 1 Hour Earlier for the First Time
The 96th annual ceremony on March 10 will now commence at 7 p.m. ET/4 PT
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‘Sweet Dreams’ Director Explains Why She Filmed a Scene From Inside the Mouth of a Tiger
TheWrap Screening Series: “I love to watch films where every shot is a universe of its own,” director Ena Sendijarević says
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‘The Erection of Toribio Bardelli’ Director Explains His Black Comedy’s Big, Provocative Title | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: Adrian Saba talks about balancing deadpan comedy with philosophical musing in his International Feature Oscar entry from Peru
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How ‘Rustin’ Cowriter Found the Mischievous Humor Within the Stature of a Civil Rights Icon
TheWrap Magazine: “Rustin was into pranks and jokes, and I felt like that played into his brilliance as a strategist,” says screenwriter Julian Breece
