Awards reporter • joe.mcgovern@thewrap.com • @jmcgvrn
Experience:
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‘Nickel Boys’: How the First-Person Cinematography ‘Creates Intimacy and Urgency in Every Shot’
TheWrap magazine: “Movies let us walk a mile in someone else’s shoes,” cinematographer Jomo Fray says of the POV effect. “That’s the fundamental promise of cinema: compassion.”
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‘Heretic’ Opening Scene: How Hugh Grant’s Wallpaper Is One Big Rorschach Test
TheWrap magazine: Production designer Philip Messina walks us through the living room set that kicks off A24’s acclaimed horror film
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‘Conclave’ Design: Inside the World of Red Robes, Pop-Up Chapels and Instant Espresso Machines
TheWrap magazine: The craftspeople of Edward Berger’s Vatican potboiler take us on a deep dive into the film’s stunning sets, costumes and cinematography
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Taika Waititi to Receive Producers Guild’s 2025 Norman Lear Award
The Oscar-winner will be honored for his career of producing TV shows like “What We Do in the Shadows” and “Reservation Dogs”
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‘Dune: Part Two’ and ‘Wicked’ Land on 2025 Oscars Shortlists for Makeup, Visual Effects and Sound
“Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Alien: Romulus” and “Gladiator II” also appear on the Sound and VFX shortlists
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Kristen Bell to Host 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards
The “Nobody Wants This” and “Veronica Mars” actress will return to emcee for a second time
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‘Conclave,’ ‘Wicked’ Top 2025 Critics Choice Film Nominees
“Emilia Pérez,” “Dune: Part II” and “The Brutalist” were also among the most nominated movies
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‘Civil War,’ ‘Dune: Part Two’ and ‘The Substance’ Make the Cut in ACE Eddie Nominations
The American Cinema Editors also singled out “Anora,” “Conclave” and “Emilia Pérez” among others
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Golden Globes 2025: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Dominates With 10 Nominations as ‘The Bear’ Leads TV
“The Brutalist,” “Wicked” and “Anora” were among the other film nominees
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‘Come Closer’ Director Shares How Real-Life Tragedy Inspired Her Genre-Twisting Film | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: Filmmaker Tom Nesher and her two lead actresses discuss depicting both grief and joy in the Israeli Oscar submission
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‘Wicked’ Named 2024’s Best Film by National Board of Review
Acting awards were won by Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Elle Fanning and Kieran Culkin
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‘I’m Still Here’ Director Walter Salles Says Quiet Inner Strength Can Knock Down Dictatorships
TheWrap magazine: The Brazilian director explains the power and persistence of Eunice Paiva, who fought against a murderous regime in the 1970s
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Iranian Director of ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Explains How He Landed His First Oscar Submission – By Fleeing to Germany
TheWrap magazine: The Cannes prize-winning thriller by the exiled Mohammad Rasoulof is a family drama about public protests for women’s rights in Iran
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‘Sugarcane’ Directors on Finding the ‘Journalistic and Emotional Truth’ for NatGeo’s Indigenous Crime Documentary
TheWrap magazine: The acclaimed film by Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat investigates child abuse and murder at Catholic boarding schools in Canada
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How ‘Vermiglio’ Explores Its Director’s Family History as an Immersive Wartime Saga
TheWrap magazine: Maura Delpero’s snowy mountain drama is the official Italian submission for the Oscars’ International Feature category
