“I May Destroy You” Intimacy Coordinator Ita O’Brien Launches World’s First Intimacy Practice Degree

Film and television sets have transformed in the wake of #MeToo, and Intimacy Coordinators have helped lead that charge by choreographing sex scenes, opening up communication between actors and directors, and educating about consent and boundaries — and ensuring that they are respected. Intimacy Coordinators have become a fixture in Hollywood, and demand has increased. Ita O’Brien, a trailblazer in the field whose credits include “I May Destroy You,” “Sex Education,” and “Normal People,” has founded “what is being called the ‘world’s first degree in intimacy practice,’” per Deadline. “O’Brien’s Intimacy on Set outfit has joined with the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts on the two-year course, which will