Intimacy coordinator
Emily Weider is a registered intimacy coordinator.
Trained through IDC Professionals over a two-year program, with Levels 1, 2 and 3 complete. Film, television and stage, in New York and on location.
- IDC Professionals, Levels 1–3
- Mental health first aid
- SAG-AFTRA
- IDC directory ↗
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Training
Registered with
- Program
- IDC Professionals, two-year
- Levels
- 1, 2 and 3
- Additional
- Mental health first aid
- Union
- SAG-AFTRA
- Directory
- Listed with IDC ↗
Trained in
- Consent-based practice
- Intimacy choreography and movement
- Nudity rider language
- Mental health first aid
- Mediation and conflict resolution
- Trauma work
- LGBTQ support
- Kink and BDSM content
- Non-hierarchical communication
- Anti-racist work
Performers can tell within a minute whether the person running an intimate scene has ever been in one.
Emily is a working SAG-AFTRA actor. She played Nikki in Sean Baker’s Anora, and she wrote, co-directed and starred in Juicy, a comedy about female sexuality that premiered at Cinequest.
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Services provided
What Emily provides
- Meetings with production and creative teams to discuss creative intent and logistics
- Script review and identification of intimacy-related content
- One-on-one conversations with each actor to establish boundaries, concerns, and consent-based parameters
- Choreography and private rehearsal of intimate scenes
- Advocacy for performers while balancing the creative needs of the production
- Coordination of modesty garments, barriers, and other intimacy-related resources
- On-set oversight of intimate scenes, including maintaining agreed-upon choreography and consent parameters
- Support with closed-set protocols and communication between departments
- Assistance navigating any changes to intimacy content that may arise during production
Pre-production
Script breakdown, rider language, and a one-on-one conversation with the director and all actors involved.
Rehearsal
Choreography set and agreed, garments and barriers specified, consent recorded.
On set
Closed set protocol, check-ins around every take, one point of contact.
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Inquiries
Rates are quoted against production budget tier. Pre-production consultation can be booked separately from shoot days.