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Tim McGovern, ‘Total Recall’ VFX Oscar Winner, Dies at 68
Tim McGovern, a VFX industry vet who won an Oscar for the 1990 sci-fi classic 'Total Recall,' has died. He was 68.
Visual effects veteran Tim McGovern, who received a Special Achievement Oscar for the VFX in the 1990 sci-fi classic “Total Recall,” has died, his wife Reena NeGandhi announced Saturday on social media. McGovern began his career in the early days of digital, computer-based VFX, including work on pioneering 1982 movie “Tron” while at the former Robert Abel and Associates. Most recently, he was working at DNEG, earning credits on movies including “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation,” “The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” “Dunkirk,” “Ant-Man at the Wasp,” “First Man,” “Men in Black: International” and “Jungle Cruise.” In recent years he lived in Mumbai, where DNEG has a base, and additionally served as chief creative officer of animation development at the production company Whisper Pictures.
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