Ita O'Brien is an Intimacy Coordinator and Movement Director for film, television, and theatre. 

Since 2014, Ita O'Brien has been developing best practice when working with intimacy, scenes with sexual content, and nudity in film, TV, and theatre - the 'Intimacy on Set' guidelines. Ita pioneered the role of Intimacy Coordinator, which is gaining adoption in leading production houses, including HBO, Netflix, and the BBC.  

Ita's work has been featured widely in the media, including The Guardian, The New York Times, The Telegraph, The Irish Times, Cosmopolitan, The Evening Standard, The Stage, The Sunday Times, BBC, NBC, Radio New Zealand, ABC, and RTE. 

​Ita founded Intimacy on Set to provide trained professional Intimacy Coordinators to the industry.

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Recent credits

The Roses (2025) Searchlight Pictures

Black Bag (2025) Universal

The Agency (2024) Paramount

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) Warner Bros.

The Outrun (2024) StudioCanal

We Live in Time (2024) A24

Apartment 7A (2024) Paramount

My Lady Jane (2024) Amazon

Masters of the Air (2024) Apple TV

Pelleas et Melisande (2024) Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

The Way (2024) BBC

A Very Short Film About Longing (2023) DMC Film

Men Up (2023) BBC

North Star (2023) Indian Paintbrish

Locked In (2023) Netflix

Dreamland (2023) Sky Studios

The Pope's Exorcist (2023) Sony Pictures

Antony & Cleopatra (2023) Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona

Invasion (2022) Apple TV

The Peripheral (2022) Amazon

Empire of Light (2022) Searchlight Pictures

Chevalier (2022) Searchlight Pictures

The Rape of Lucretia (2022) Royal Opera House

The Serpent Queen (2022) Starzplay

Lady Chatterly's Lover (2022) Sony / Netflix

The Crucible (2022) National Theatre

True Things (2022) BBC Films

Like Water for Chocolate (2022) Royal Opera House

All the Old Knives (2022) Amazon

Conversations With Friends (2022) BBC

Vikings Valhalla (2022) Netflix

Chloe (2022) BBC

Theodora (2022) Royal Opera House

Spring Awakening (2022) Almeida Theatre

The Last Duel (2021) 20th Century Studios

The Girl Before (2021) BBC

The Pursuit of Love (2021) BBC

The Outlaws (2021) BBC

Foundation (2021) Apple TV

You Don't Know Me (2021) BBC

Manor (2021) National Theatre

It's a Sin (2021) Channel 4

Master of None (2021) Netflix

Anne Boleyn (2021) Channel 5

Behind Her Eyes (2021) Netflix

I May Destroy You (2020) BBC/HBO

The Dig (2021) Netflix

Normal People (2020) BBC

Brave New World (2020) Sky/Peacock

I Hate Suzie (2020) Sky Atlantic

Industry (2020) BBC

The Great (2020) Hulu

Gangs of London (2020) Sky

Sex Education (2020) Netflix

The Sister (2020) ITV

The Third Day (2020) Sky

Pennyworth (2019) Warner Horizon

Watchmen (2019) HBO

Gentleman Jack (2019) BBC / HBO

Sex Education (2019) Netflix

Hanna (2019) Amazon

Clipped (2018) Access All Areas - Resolution 2018

The Terrible Tale of Henrietta Tate (2018) Beckwith Productions

Madhouse Re:Ext (2018) Access All Areas

Low Level Panic (2017) Orange Tree Theatre

The Censor (2019) The Hope Theatre

"Impossible Planet" - Electric Dreams (2017) Channel 4 & Amazon

Sea Fret (2017) Old Red Lion Theatre

Derren Brown's Ghost Train (2017) Thorpe Park

Gorgonae (2017) Old Vic Workrooms

Silver Linings (2017) English Touring Theatre

Food (2017) Finborough Theatre

Mars: After the Crisis (2017) Old Red Lion Theatre

A Better Life (2017) King's Head Theatre

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016) Southwark Playhouse

After the Heat We Battle for the Heart (2016) Vault Festival

The Girl With All The Gifts (2016) Warner Bros.

Humans (2016) Channel 4 Television

I wish To Die Singing (2015) Finborough Theatre

Obama-ology (2014) Finborough Theatre