Awards reporter • joe.mcgovern@thewrap.com • @jmcgvrn
Experience:
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Netflix Leads Casting Society’s 40th Artios Awards Nominations
“The Crown” and “Baby Reindeer” are among the titles honored for achievements in casting on television
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Film Academy Names 2024 Gold Fellowship for Women Recipients
Raha Amirfazli and Shadi Karamroudi have been selected for the one-year mentorship program, now in its seventh year
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‘Conclave’: How the Striking Umbrellas Shot Was Designed to Convey a Sense of Relentless ‘Forward Movement’
Cinematographer Stéphane Fontaine tells TheWrap that the image shares DNA with director Edward Berger’s “All Quiet on the Western Front”
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Why ‘Harvest’ Director Athina Rachel Tsangari Included Hiking Boots in the Middle Ages
The Greek filmmaker chats with TheWrap about her new Scottish-set film and the “silly” gender expectations of women directors
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Illumination Founder Chris Meledandri to Receive PGA’s David O. Selznick Award
The esteemed animation exec (“Despicable Me,” “Minions”) will be honored at February’s annual Producers Guild Awards
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Jennifer Fox to Produce Oscars’ Governors Awards for 6th Straight Year
The 15th annual ceremony will bestow Academy Honorary Awards to Quincy Jones and Juliet Taylor
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How Jennifer Tilly ‘Molded the Universe’ to Land Her ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ Oscar Nom – to Harvey Weinstein’s Chagrin
On the theater industry comedy’s 30th anniversary, the actress tells TheWrap all about her hard-fought, self-started campaign
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Major Oscar Precursor DOC NYC Short Lists Will Ferrell, Malala Yousafzai, Raoul Peck Projects
Movies in the prestigious festival lineup have been nominated for documentary Oscars for 11 of the past 12 years
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2024 Student Oscar Winners Include Film School Grads in France, USA, Czech Republic
All winning movies are also eligible in the shorts categories at the 2025 Academy Awards
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IDA Awards to Honor Israeli and Palestinian Directors of West Bank Documentary ‘No Other Land’
The International Documentary Association will also bestow special awards to filmmakers Dawn Porter and Shiori Itō
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Six Aspiring Screenwriters Win Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships for 2024
The winners were chosen from more than 5,000 submissions
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Joan Chen, Zoe Saldaña, Tyler Perry Among Honorees at CCA’s Diversity Celebrations
The nation’s largest film critics’ organization will be holding career achievement galas in the coming months
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Amy Adams Was in Awe of Her Canine Costars in ‘Nightbitch’: ‘It Was Wild’
TIFF 2024: Six-time Oscar nominee Adams gives another brave, revelatory performance in Marielle Heller’s new semi-supernatural film
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Jennifer Lopez Sports Drama ‘Unstoppable’ Gets Rousing, Tearful Toronto Premiere Reception
TIFF 2024: The based-on-a-true-story feature stars Jharrel Jerome and is “one of the most beautiful stories I’ve ever seen on the screen,” Lopez says
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Ken Burns on ‘The American Buffalo’ and the Tragedy of Mass Eradication
In his latest docuseries, the five-time Emmy winner explores the near-extinction of the buffalo in the context of the Native American experience
