What is an intimacy coordinator on a film or TV production, when does a guild say one should be hired, and what are they expected to do in preproduction, on set and in post?

SAG-AFTRA's Standards and Protocols (cover-dated February 2024) define an intimacy coordinator (IC) as an advocate and liaison between actors and production who may also act as movement coach or choreographer, and say ICs should be hired for scenes with nudity or simulated sex, or on request for other intimate and hyper-exposed scenes. The protocols list preproduction duties (script-breakdown discussion, one-on-one consent confirmation on rider language, continued consent in rehearsal, coordination with costume, props and makeup), on-set duties (rider and closed-set review, continued consent, minors) and a single optional post-production duty. Bectu's UK guidance (Oct 2022 edition) agrees on early hiring but says IC services usually stop before post unless negotiated. Curator correction 2026-10-24 (discovery audit record C3-B1058-01, curator-reviewed C3R-0688; excerpts re-located by independent curator GET 2026-10-24): Correction. C3-B100-G36-01 says the protocols list "a single optional post-production duty". The February 2024 text lists two post-production bullets: an unhedged availability duty ("Is available for support post-filming, if performers have questions or concerns") and an optional one ("May verify that a final cut is consistent with contractual obligations and riders"). The claim was wrong when written (the same text, identical in archived copies through 2025-05-23). Bectu guidance that IC services usually stop before post is unaffected. Curator qualifications: All quotes verified. Independent curator comparison of the 'Protocols for Intimacy Coordinators in the Production Process' section (2020 vs 2024 editions) finds near-identical text (1979 vs 1980 characters in the curator's extraction) differing only in commas. The SAG-AFTRA vs Bectu post-production point is correctly labelled as different jurisdictions and document status, not a contradiction. Minor: the curator diff shows three comma-level token changes ('and'→'and,', 'needed'→'needed,', 'performing,'→'performing'), where the producer reported two. Substance is unchanged. Provenance note: the Bectu PDF is served from a '/Secure/' path on thecdg.co.uk, but the document carries no confidential or members-only marking (0 hits), so it is usable under the brief. Record the host path. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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      "note": "work/ic2024_wb.pdf SAG-AFTRA Standards and Protocols, cover February 2024; work/ic2020_variety.pdf cover January 2020; work/bectu_2022.pdf Bectu guidance Oct 2022 (thecdg.co.uk /Secure/ path; no confidential or members-only marking found)"
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      "url": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sag-aftra_intimacycoord_full.pdf",
      "note": "work/ic2024_wb.pdf SAG-AFTRA Standards and Protocols, cover February 2024; work/ic2020_variety.pdf cover January 2020; work/bectu_2022.pdf Bectu guidance Oct 2022 (thecdg.co.uk /Secure/ path; no confidential or members-only marking found)"
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      "note": "work/ic2024_wb.pdf SAG-AFTRA Standards and Protocols, cover February 2024; work/ic2020_variety.pdf cover January 2020; work/bectu_2022.pdf Bectu guidance Oct 2022 (thecdg.co.uk /Secure/ path; no confidential or members-only marking found)"
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      "url": "https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Standards_Intimacy_Training_Vetting_May-2022.pdf",
      "note": "work/ic2024_wb.pdf SAG-AFTRA Standards and Protocols, cover February 2024; work/ic2020_variety.pdf cover January 2020; work/bectu_2022.pdf Bectu guidance Oct 2022 (thecdg.co.uk /Secure/ path; no confidential or members-only marking found)"
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