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‘The Writer’ Directors on Portraying Industry Fatigue and a Poignant Father-Son Relationship in Their Short Film


Austin Glasser and Luke Maddenwald, directors of the short film 'The Writer,' talk about themes of industry adversity and artistic struggles.

Variety hosted a panel for the short film “The Writer,” with directors Austin Glasser and Luke Maddenwald on Dec. 3 This conversation, moderated by Variety ‘s chief film critic Peter DeBruge, was part of FYC Streaming Room, presented by Red Dresser Productions. Glasser, who has had four generations of his family work in different spaces of the entertainment industry, from acting to music to production, said this project is, in many ways, an homage to his father and the world he grew up in. The short film’s protagonist, Maddenwald said, is an artist navigating the space between commercial success and self-fulfillment throughout his narrative arc.

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