Rope Scenes by Megan Gilron and Brooke M. Haney A Conversation with Michael Emery

Specialties for Stage and Screen

2024

The Intimacy Coordinator's Guidebook: Specialties for Stage and Screen (Published by Routledge Publishing)

CKNW Global News: Interview with Megan Gilron: Intimacy Coordinators

Global News Radio with Sara Hyde

2023

Celebrities like Nick Offerman, Emma Thompson, and Christina Richie, are talking about sex. Or rather, simulated sex of the on-screen variety. They're weighting in on the...

Podcast Episode - Once More, with Feeling (and a modesty sock)

Show: Sex Ed With Tim

S2: Ep 24 - Once More, with Feeling (and a modesty sock)

So apparently those sex scenes you see in TV and movies are choreographed, and it involves this new thing called...consent? And intimacy? I don't know either of those words. I talk to Megan Gilron, an intimacy coordinator, about what it takes to make those steamy love scenes go smoothly. Or roughly, depending on how much stubble is present.

Movie/TV-set intimacy co-ordinators play key role bringing sizzling scenes to the screen

Vancouver Sun

July 29, 2022

On-set support a growing field, helping actors throw back the covers in intimate scenes.

#METOO AND THE MOVIES: Dignity For Actors In The Age Of Accountability

Show: How to Love Forever

February 22, 2022

We learn about how the film industry is evolving its creation and representation of intimacy in movies and TV! & We get behind-the-scenes peaks in our conversation with a real life intimacy coordinator in the film industry! We had the privilege of conversing with Megan Gilron, intimacy coordinator for film & TV, based in Vancouver. Intimacy coordination is a quite a recent development, stemming pretty directly from the Me Too movement.

"Embracing “No”- The Next Consent Conversation" by Megan Gilron

Act Safe Safety Association Newsletter

Summer 2020, Page 14

The job of supporting performers and crew within and around scenes of intimacy has been practiced in one form or another for years, but the role of Intimacy Coordinator (Film/TV) and Intimacy Director (Theatre), has only recently been implemented. Due to significant industry growth and the demand for this support, these roles are now becoming an industry standard. Because of this, new practices and protocols are being created to support this change on a grand scale.

Podcast Episode - Bringing Ethics to Sex Scenes with Megan Gilron & Amanda Cutting

Show: Let's Talk about Sex Scenes - Part 1

August 18, 2019

Intimacy Coordinators Megan Gilron and Amanda Cutting join me for a conversation about how the entertainment industry is evolving its practices to make sex scenes safer for performers. They talk about what intimacy coordinating is, how they got involved, why they do it, and how the BDSM community and porn industry have influenced their approach to their work.

Podcast Episode - An Intimacy Coordinator critiques "Bonding" & "Special"

Show: Let's Talk about Sex Scenes - Part 2

August 25, 2019

In part 2 of my conversation with intimacy coordinators Megan Gilron and Amanda Cutting, we talk about sex scenes in the Netflix shows "Bonding" & "Special". Megan sheds some light on the differences between BDSM and abusive relationships, and we discuss how kinky couples navigate consent. We also cover anal sex, depictions of sex workers in pop culture, the #metoo movement, and, last but not least, handjob karaoke.

Video Interview - Intimacy Coordination on the set of ZERO

Show: GreenSeeds Music Society

July 10, 2019

In this video, we talk to Megan Gilron about Intimacy Coordination on the set of ZERO! We weren’t just working to limiting our waste on set, we were making sure that the actors felt safe and listened to when it came to intimate moments. Intimacy Coordination is a great new (important) role popping up in the film industry and we were lucky to have Megan on set with us!