Film Intimacy Professionals
Why this work exists:
Intimacy coordination did not emerge because the industry suddenly became enlightened.
It emerged because actors were harmed.
Most training programs focus on what to do on set. Very few examine what failed before those rules were written. That absence matters.
Without understanding why intimacy coordination became necessary, training becomes mechanical. Consent becomes contractual instead of contextual. Protocols become shields rather than tools. And the same conditions that caused harm quietly persist, unexamined, unnamed, and uncorrected.
We teach this work because we have seen what happens when good intentions replace structure, when actors are expected to manage safety while performing vulnerability, and when the cost of speaking up is higher than the cost of staying silent.
Intimacy coordination is not just about sex.
It is about power, preparation, and protection.
If we do not teach why this role exists, we risk turning it into a formality, one that checks boxes while missing danger.
This is not about policing art. It is about creating conditions where art can exist without exploitation. The work exists because it had to. The cost of forgetting that truth is repetition.
Meet The Founder
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Long before there were intimacy coordinators on film sets, Kristen Elizabeth was living the reason they would one day become necessary.
As a young actress in Hollywood during the late 1980s and 1990s, she experienced an industry that was equal parts magic and chaos. It was a place where extraordinary artists created unforgettable stories, but where intimate scenes were often filmed without the safeguards, communication, or preparation performers deserved. Like countless actors of her generation, she learned to navigate an environment where speaking up could cost you your career and silence was often mistaken for professionalism.
She eventually walked away from Hollywood, believing that chapter of her life was over.
Years later, after earning her degree in Media & Film Studies and returning to the industry from an entirely different perspective, Kristen discovered that the conversations she'd spent years wishing someone would have were finally beginning. The role of the Intimacy Coordinator had emerged, but the profession itself was still finding its footing.
She saw an opportunity. Not simply to teach choreography or consent, but to help filmmakers understand why intimacy matters to storytelling, how trust fuels creativity, and how safety and artistry can exist together without compromise.
Kristen became the first working Intimacy Coordinator in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Since then, she has educated filmmakers from around the world, mentored aspiring intimacy professionals in 11 countries, and advocated for higher standards across the industry. Her classrooms blend filmmaking, actor psychology, leadership, movement, communication, and decades of lived experience into an approach that is both practical and deeply human.
Kristen is also the author of the memoir Shevolved, a deeply personal account of her journey through Hollywood, survival, healing, and ultimately finding her voice. More than a memoir, the book explores the experiences that shaped her philosophy on performer advocacy and the human cost of an industry that too often prioritized the final product over the people creating it. By sharing her own story with honesty and vulnerability, Kristen hopes to encourage conversations that lead to lasting change—not only within the entertainment industry, but wherever people are learning to reclaim their own voices.
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