Since their creation alongside the rise of the Me Too Movement in 2016, intimacy direction and coordination is a growing field within the entertainment industry that advocates for actors’ physical and ...

Most directors nowadays wouldn’t stage a fight without checking in with a fight choreographer, a professional charged with making conflict look exciting while keeping actors safe. So why would a ...

Araki talks about working with Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, and intimacy coordinator Yehuda Duenyas to craft the sex scenes in "I Want Your Sex." The sex in Araki’s movies has always been specific, ...

"I can say to an intimacy coordinator, 'You know, it feels like I’m watching two people peck each other on the cheek, and there’s zero heat here,'" the "Yellowjackets" director said. The ...

On June 28, the Focus on Women Committee’s (FOWC) virtual meeting featured Director Rachel Raimist with a scaled down version of her Masterclass in Directing Intimacy. The class is an intensive online ...

Award-winning filmmaker, director, actress, and intimacy professional Jamie Monahan is set to lead two events in April 2025, providing invaluable insights into intimacy directing, intimacy ...

Certified intimacy professional Jamie Monahan (she/her) empowers the next generation of performing artists by creating spaces where creativity can thrive - safely. She will be joining Fairfield ...

In 2018, the Huffington Post described intimacy directing as “an emerging field in which a small group of professionals are pushing to develop standards and procedures for scenes involving physical ...

Yehuda Duenyas: For years, the public conversation around intimacy coordination has been stuck on whether the role should exist. I’m feeling like intimacy on screen has gotten much better in the last ...

Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Evansville. She fell in love with entertainment by watching shows about chaotic families like Full House ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since the beginning of his career, director Gregg Araki has made great movies about sex, where the sex scenes move the story ...