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^ Martinelli, Marissa (29 October 2018)."Call for new 'Intimacy Director' role to safeguard actors in sex scenes". "How HBO Is Changing Sex Scenes Forever". "Need to Fake an Orgasm? There's an 'Intimacy Choreographer' for That". ^ Collins-Hughes, Laura (15 June 2017).^ "Pillars of safe intimacy: Rehearsal and performance practice" (PDF).^ "Meet The 'Intimacy Directors' Who Choreograph Sex Scenes".ABC News (Radio National - The Minefield). "From Normal People to Game of Thrones, sex on screen matters for actors and audiences alike". In January 2019, Netflix released Sex Education, its first production that used an intimacy coordinator, Ita O'Brien. Intimacy coordinators and intimacy workshops teaching best practices for intimate scenes were also beginning to be used in London theaters as of 2018.
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In October 2018, the television network HBO adopted a policy of using intimacy coordinators for all its series and films with intimate scenes. In 2017, the London talent agency Carey Dodd Associates fronted a campaign for an industry standard in handling scenes of intimacy using guidelines developed by Ita O'Brien.
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Actors such as Emily Meade began to demand professional safeguards for their well-being on set, noting that given the structure of power in a production, actors (particularly young, inexperienced ones) might otherwise not feel able to speak up if directors, staff members or other actors disregarded their consent or previous agreements regarding intimate scenes. entertainment industry after the 2017 Weinstein scandal and the Me Too movement highlighted the often routine nature of sexual harassment and misconduct in the industry. History ĭemand for the role grew in the U.S. The role of intimacy coordinator is not to be confused with that of an "intimacy choreographer", who specializes in the techniques of staging intimate scenes.