The Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800, publicly rebuked Martin Scorsese after he signed on as an adviser to German AI company Black Forest Labs and said he uses its tools for storyboarding and previsualisation.
In a statement posted online, the guild accused him of turning away from the crews who helped build his films and called his support "a betrayal of the collaborative nature of cinema". It argued that generative models can only do this work because they were trained on copyrighted art, likely taken without consent or pay, including from its own members.
Scorsese had pitched the tool as a way to show his production designer and cinematographer what he pictures more quickly, saving time and money and reducing strain on crews. His camp did not answer TheWrap's request for comment.
The New York Times reported that the link came through BroadLight Capital, co-founded by his manager Rick Yorn. It is not known whether he used the software on his next film, What Happens at Night.
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