Edited sentence: "Independent film" may be defined as any motion picture financed and produced without the aid of a movie studio.Griffith, John Cassavetes, Woody Allen, Maya Deren, Orson Welles, Russ Meyer, John Sayles, Jim Jarmusch, John Waters, and Roger Corman.Notable independent filmmakers include a plethora of diverse auteurs such as D.These works have contributed to the history of cinema from the early days, and will continue to do so