Explores the role that talent intermediaries, including producers and talent managers, play in packaging American independent cinema projects Sheds much needed light on the roles that talent agents and talent managers play in the production, promotion and critical reception of contemporary American screen media Traces the movement of indie-auteurs between screen media in an era of convergence, with case-studies on American indie cinema, cable and streaming television, music video, advertising and branded content Provides new perspectives and insights on the careers of indie-auteurs such as the Coen brothers, Steven Soderbergh, Tyler Perry, Spike Jonze, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Dee Rees, Cary Fukunaga, Sam Esmail, Brit Marling, Zal Batmanglij, Amy Seimetz, Ryan Coogler and Shaka King Examines indie-auteurism's cultural and social connotations and the repercussions that the management of indie-auteurism has in relation to class, gender and race This book explores the role that talent intermediaries, including talent agents, talent managers and producers, play in packaging, marketing and selling screen media products, services and brands by constructing and positioning their clients and collaborators as indie-auteurs. Exploring several case-studies across a range of screen media during an era of media convergence, including American indie cinema, high-end television, music video, advertising and branded content, the book explores the strategies that talent intermediaries adopt and the industrial, cultural and social connotations and hierarchies that indie-auteurism as a promotional discourse and tool carries and reinforces. As a result, the book stakes out new ground that complicates popular ideas of indie-auteurs as highly autonomous and innovative filmmakers by exploring how this authorial discourse migrates between media and is constructed and reconfigured in relation to changing industrial and cultural contexts.