He was a founding member of Sony Pictures Imageworks.
He won a Special Achievement Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film Total Recall.
The Visual Effects Society recently recognized McGovern with the 2023 Founders Award for his contributions to the art, science, or business of visual effects and meritorious service to the Society.
McGovern's wife, Reena NeGandhi, shared that he had written a film and a novel, which she will now take over and make for him.
Tim McGovern was an American visual effects artist.