Awards reporter • joe.mcgovern@thewrap.com • @jmcgvrn
Experience:
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‘Napoleon’ Lands on Oscars Shortlists for Makeup, Visual Effects and Sound
“Oppenheimer” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” also appeared on the Sound and Makeup shortlists
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‘May December’, ‘Past Lives’ and Other Costume Designers Explain How They Weave a ‘Sense of Individuality’ Into Modern Clothes
TheWrap magazine: The costumers behind four great 2023 movies discuss the subtle art of wardrobing characters in the here and now
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Inside the ‘Poor Things’ World of Miniature Steamships, Massive Sets and Sleeves That Look Like Lungs
TheWrap magazine: We talked to the extraordinary creative team behind director Yorgos Lanthimos’ dazzling fantasia
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Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell to Receive Palm Springs Film Fest Award for ‘Barbie’ Song
The Oscar-winning and Grammy-winning musicians will be honored on Jan. 4 for the hit tune “What Was I Made For?”
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‘Godland’ Director Says Keeping Production ‘Low-Key and Homemade’ Maintained a ‘Feeling of a Time and Place’
TheWrap magazine: Hlynur Pálmason’s Icelandic Oscar submission follows a priest’s journey through 1800s Iceland
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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”
