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Most directors don't get much more control for their second movie tbh. There's a plethora of issues though that can lead to something like in the OP. But imo, I think the biggest one is when you have already proven yourself and are being handed budgets you used to fight for, some of that drive gets lost in the transition.

You're no longer skipping meals to rent gear. You won an academy award on a microbudget imagine the things you could do with multimillion dollar funding. Things get harder and simpler simultaneously when more money is involved.