u/EThorns

I don't know if I'm framing this quite right, and if I'm not, I apologize.

There are some films where directors work closely with the DoP and intricately design the shot compositions and the visual choreography, that there's pretty much no other way to cut them together (recent examples being Nickel Boys and Soderbergh's Presence; and from TV, Vince Gilligan and his band of directors seemed to do that with Pluribus), and there are some directors who tend to go shoot plenty of coverage and find the film in the editing process (David Fincher and Christopher Nolan; and pretty much most TV shows because they are more writer dependent and hence prefer to have as many options as possible in the cutting as well as in order to get it to time).

I'm not asking which is better craft-wise, because for the latter, comedy tends to play better when there's a snap to it (and while action sequences work well with coverage, there's been a movement over the years with how it can play just as well, or even better, with uninterrupted shots), for which editing is a major tool. But can you name instances of films (and directors) which did either of these very well?

Thanks.