Visual effects artist Tim McGovern passed away at the age of 68 the other day. McGovern's Reena NeGandhi shared the news with the rest of the world through a Facebook post that read: “Today is the saddest day of my life. My Husband Tim McGovern, an Oscar winner for the VFX in 1990’s for Total Recall and several more awards from the VES has died today. He passed away in his sleep.”

McGovern worked on the visual effects for the original Total Recall film, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, alongside Eric Brevig, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke, and Rob Bottin. He started his VFX career with 1982's Tron before he went on to co-find Sony Pictures ImageWorks, which was behind such films as Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Dunkirk, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Jungle Cruise, and Men in Black: International. His other works included So I Married an Axe Murderer, Look Who’s Talking Now, As Good as It Gets, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, and Last Action Hero.