Writer, director, cinematographer, and editor Steven Soderbergh has many talents, but he attributes career longevity to one skill above all.

“I’m someone who tries to be adaptable,” said Soderbergh when he was a guest on IndieWire’s Toolkit podcast earlier this year. “I feel like the cockroach of the industry, like there’s no version of this that I can’t work in, no matter how nuclear it gets.”

In his 36 years of making films and television, Soderbergh has seen the business go through its share of ups, downs, shifting trends, and technological revolutions. Throughout, Soderbergh remained prolific, whether it meant rebooting the once-dead “Ocean’s 11” franchise, shooting movies on an iPhone, or trying his hand at self-distribution. No matter how much the way movies are watched or made has changed, he kept making original and unexpected films.

Which is why, considering how challenging things are for indie filmmakers...