Film Career · Production
Intimacy Coordinator
Production · SAG-AFTRA accredited
- Union
- SAG-AFTRA accredited
- Day rate
- ~$1,000–$2,000/day
- Experience
- Entry level
What does an Intimacy Coordinator do?
Intimacy coordinators choreograph scenes involving nudity or simulated sex, advocating for performer consent and translating the director's intent into agreed, repeatable action. The role became standard on union productions in the late 2010s and SAG-AFTRA maintains standards and accreditation for it.
What does an Intimacy Coordinator make?
- Day rate about $1,000-$2,000, or $3,500-$5,000 a week, roughly $60K-$150K a year (project-based, rarely a full year).
- Established coordinators on the SAG-AFTRA registry command premium day rates.
Film work is gig based, so crew are paid a day or weekly rate rather than a salary. These are realistic 2024-2025 ranges grounded in union rate cards and industry data; actual pay swings with budget tier, market, overtime, and reputation.
Sources & how we estimate pay
Union scale is the floor; the ranges above also reflect market day rates above scale. They are grounded in the following 2024–2025 sources:
Union rate cards & wage schedules
Official guild scale — the floor each craft is paid from.
- IATSE — 2024 Basic Agreement wage scales (PDF) ↗
- IATSE Local 600 (International Cinematographers Guild) — camera rate cards ↗
- DGA — minimum salary rate cards (director, unit production manager, assistant directors) ↗
- WGA — schedule of minimums (writers) ↗
- SAG-AFTRA — theatrical & background rate sheets (cast, stunts, background) ↗
- Teamsters Local 399 — basic feature wage rates, 2024–27 (transportation, locations, wranglers) (PDF) ↗
On the job
- Facilitate consent conversations and document agreed boundaries
- Choreograph intimate scenes into specific, repeatable action
- Coordinate modesty garments, barriers, and closed-set protocols
- Advocate for performers while serving the director's storytelling intent
You’ll like and be good at this job if:
Hard skills
- You are trained in consent, choreography, and boundary protocols
- You can choreograph intimate scenes clearly
Soft skills
- You are empathetic, discreet, and a clear communicator
- You can advocate for performers and hold a boundary
Career progression
The field is young and its practitioners come from movement direction, choreography, acting, and advocacy backgrounds. Accredited training programs now define the professional track, and experienced coordinators mentor new ones into the small but growing community.
How do you become an Intimacy Coordinator?
Complete a SAG-AFTRA accredited training program; productions increasingly require it. Backgrounds in movement, mental health first aid, and on-set experience all strengthen candidacy. The community is small, so training cohorts and mentorships are the genuine network.
On covered productions, rates, hours, and conditions for the role are set by SAG-AFTRA accredited contracts.
Covered by a union? The joining a film union guide explains how each one takes members.