Ita O'Brien

Ita O'Brien
Born
England, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation(s)Movement director
intimacy coordinator
Years active2006–present
Known forNormal People
I May Destroy You
Gentleman Jack
Sex Education
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
The Girl with All the Gifts

Ita O’Brien is a British movement director and intimacy co-ordinator for film, TV and theatre. She has taught at some of Britain's leading drama schools, has published research and devises her own work. In 2017, O'Brien introduced the "Intimacy On Set Guidelines", to protect performers during scenes that involve sex or nudity, which gained significant industry and public interest in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandals.[1][2][3] She has worked for Amazon, BBC, HBO,[4] and Netflix.[5]

  1. ^ Chrisey Iley (14 January 2018). "The new rules of sex: how Hollywood is rethinking on-screen intimacy in the post-Weinstein era". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  2. ^ Emine Saner (21 November 2017). "Would 'intimacy directors' make shooting sex scenes safer?". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  3. ^ O'Brien, Ita. "Best practice when working with intimacy, simulated sex scenes, and nudity". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ^ O'Brien, Ita. [1] Archived 8 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine "Ita O'Brien Biography – Intimacy on Set". Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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