Watch ‘Yellowstone’s Jefferson White & Neal McDonough Go At It In Short ‘The Writer’
DeadlineStory by Patrick Hipes
scrn logline
Yellowstone stars Jefferson White and Neal McDonough face off in the gripping short film 'The Writer,' exploring a son's complex relationship with his late, demanding father.
beat sheet
- Director Luke Madenwald's short film 'The Writer' pits Yellowstone's Jefferson White against Neal McDonough, who plays the ghostly presence of the protagonist's estranged father, a looming influence that still haunts him.
- In the short, the younger writer protagonist is torn between chasing his father's idea of success and prioritizing his own wife and child, just as his father had done, highlighting the intergenerational cycle of neglect.
call sheet
Jefferson White, Neal McDonough, Yellowstone, The Writer