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WHY HIRE A 
FULLY TRAINED
INTIMACY
COORDINATOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When your production involves nudity, simulated sex, intense physicality, or sexually charged acts and gestures, it’s essential to engage an intimacy coordinator who ensures actors feel safe and inspired—ready to fully embody their roles both emotionally and physically.

 

Effective collaboration demands preparation, clarity, lightness, and trust. Trained, certified, SAG-AFTRA-affiliated intimacy professionals uphold the highest artistic and industry standards, bringing a multifaceted skill set: technical expertise, medical-grade professionalism, advanced interpersonal skills, choreographic fluency, and the emotional intelligence akin to that of a therapist—all dedicated to enhancing your storytelling.

 

PHYSICAL, ROMANTIC & SEXUAL DRAMATURGY
The intimacy coordinator reviews the script to identify scenes involving nudity, sex, physical contact, or emotional vulnerability. They collaborate with the director to clarify the story’s needs—what’s shown, how it’s shown, and why it matters. Intimacy is approached as part of the storytelling craft, handled with the same care as lighting, costume, or sound.


CHOREOGRAPHIC SCORES & MOVEMENT IMPROVISATION

Once intimacy needs are identified, scenes are classified as closed set (minimal crew), choreographed or semi-improvised (e.g. simulated sex), fully improvised within set boundaries. The IC meets with actors to map boundaries, supports rehearsal, and documents choreography or structure. Choreographic training brings nuance, helping scenes feel real, focused, and embedded in the story.

 

 


CONSENT MEDIATION

During prep & filming, improvised actions are checked and integrated through ongoing consent. As scenes shift, consent is reaffirmed. If a boundary is crossed, the IC addresses it calmly and constructively, helping restore clarity and trust. The goal is always a safe, collaborative space where actors can work with focus and confidence. 

THE INTIMACY SET & STAGE KIT

The IC brings an on-set kit with extra modesty garments, mints, wipes, skin-tone tape, deodorant, and other practical items. Readiness & care in the small things help everyone stay focused on the work.

 

 

 

everything

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SEX as a new genre

Intimacy coordinators do for sex scenes what designers do for period dramas: elevate realism through detail, structure, and trust. Some great productions use both*.

 

Since 2020, with SAG-AFTRA’s advocacy, intimacy has become a craft in its own right—moving beyond awkward innuendo, flat stereotypes, and actor discomfort hidden behind curtains.

Shows like *The GreatNormal PeopleRivals, and Sex Education show what’s now possible: sex & physicality that’s funny, raw, messy, tender, intense, or even painful, because it’s handled with clarity and care.

Bring us in early

 

Use us to our full potential 

 

Engage your intimacy collaborator early in the process. Involve me in script meetings and casting decisions. Allow me to oversee auditions involving physical storytelling and give me rehearsing time early on.

 

We’re here to help you make the film you’re actually envisioning; not the awkward, flattened version you’ll get if your actors are unprepared, startled, or left to navigate complex scenes alone. 

 

We’re sex-positive professionals who thrive in body language dramaturgy, physical storytelling and bring romance, sexuality, and vulnerability to the front row.

 

 

GEORGIA PAIZI

intimacy coordinator

 

choreography

intimacy dramaturgy

consent mediation

Georgia Paizi (she/her) is a bilingual (eng/gr) intimacy coordinator working across Greek and foreign productions, with 15 years of experience in physical storytelling, choreography, and actor's training. She trained with Intimacy Directors & Coordinators (IDC, NY) successfully completing their certification & training courses recognised by SAG-AFTRA (2022–2025). She is the first Greek professional to specialise in intimacy coordination for film, TV, and theatre—and one of the few working across Southern Europe and the Balkans. 

Intimacy Directors & Coordinators (IDC) are the leading SAG-AFTRA-affiliated organisation for intimacy coordination. Georgia's training cohort was led by pioneering intimacy, fight, and stunt coordinators Alicia Rodis (The Deuce, 2017–2019) and Claire Warden (Dying for Sex, 2025), as well as rising intimacy professionals DaiAwen Cynfamau, Amy Northup & Aimy Tien. Claire and Alicia are widely recognized as foundational figures in the field: they have directly trained the majority of current trainers both within and outside the IDC and contributed to the development of SAG-AFTRA’s industry protocols for safe sets. 

 

Georgia's background spans movement, voice, and theatre, with studies and certifications in Greece, the UK, Europe, and the US. She has received awards and fellowships from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (ARTWORKS), Trinity Laban, and the Greek State, and was shortlisted for both the Fulbright and British Council Alumni Awards. She is a member of the Alexander Technique Internation teachers’ association, the Skinner Releasing Network, and Women in Film & Television Greece (WIFT GR). 

Georgia brings calm, clarity, and structure to every set—quietly making space for risk, honesty, and better storytelling.

 

 

INTIMACY

COORDINATION

work & training

COMPLETED  PROJECTS

・When the Music Stoped (2025), Dir. Savvas Stavrou, DP Konstantinos Koukoulios, Prod. Iro Aidoni, Marni Films

・Major Platform Streaming Series (season 2, 2025), international collaboration filmd in Greece (season 2, currently in post-production)

 

 CURRENT PROJECTS

・The Corpse Flower (2025) directed by Calliopi Beku, producer Calliopi Beku 

・Disqualified (2025), directed by Dimitris Zouras, producer Isavella Alopoudi, Neda Film 

 

UPCOMING PROJECTS

・Untitled Feature Film (2025), international collaboration, to be filmed in Greece 

INTIMACY COORDINATION TRAINING 

 

Georgia is fully trained (2022–2025) by Intimacy Directors & Coordinators (IDC), the leading SAG-AFTRA-affiliated organisation for intimacy coordination. Her training was led by pioneering intimacy, fight, and stunt coordinators Claire Warden (Dying for Sex, 2025) and Alicia Rodis (The Deuce, 2017–2019), who are widely recognized as foundational figures in the field: they have directly trained the majority of current trainers both within and outside the IDC and contributed to the development of SAG-AFTRA’s industry protocols for safe sets. 

・IDC Certification Intensive, Minnesota/USA 2025 

・IDC Accelerator Program, 2023–2024 

・IDC Consent-Forward Artist Training, 2022–2023 

COMPULSORY COMPEMENTARY TRAINING 

 

・Mental Health First-Aid 

・Trauma-Informed Practices

・Anti-Racism

・Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 

・Accessibility & Anti-Ablism 

・Gender Inclusion and Sexual Identity

・Anti-Harassment/Anti-Sexual Harassment

・Allyship and Advocacy

・Mediation & Conflict Resolution

・Bystander Intervention/Disrupting Harm 

・Staging Non-Consensual Action

・Supporting the Trans Voice in Acting & Signing 

・Industry Best Practices 

 

 

MOVEMENT 

DIRECTION

background

work & training

WORKING BACKGROUND

Choreographer & Artistic Director, COCHLEA studia

Athens 2017 - ongoing

cochleares.com/cochleaprojects

Head of Training, Guts | Eyes | Bones | Boundaries (GEBB)

nine-month international course

Athens 2020 - 2025

cochleares.com/oneyearcourse

CERTIFICATIONS & ACADEMIC TRAINING

 

・Joan Skinner Releasing Technique, SRN Teacher Training,

Glasgow cohort 2023–24

・Foundation Course Anatomy & Physiology, CCST,

London 2016 

・Alexander Technique, LCATT/STAT Teacher Training, 

London 2013–17

 

・MA Creative Practice: Dance Professional Practice, 

Trinity Laban CMD, London 2014–16

・MA Cultural Studies & Spatial Design, NTUA 2009–12

・BA Theatre Studies – major dramaturgy, minors choreography & costume, UoP 2003–9

Movement Teacher  (freelancing)

performing arts professionals

venues, conservatories, academic courses

Athens, London, Berlin 2017 - 2022: 

- COCHLEA studia, Athens 2017 - ongoing

- WIFTgr 50/50 festival, Athens 2024

- Judith Leibowitz Scholarship Fund, NY/online 2024

- SommerTanz TanzFabrik Berlin, Berlin 2019

- Akropoditi DanceFest, Syros 2019

- Attico School of Ancient Drama, Elefsina 2019

- Music Village, Pelion 2018

- DOCK11, Berlin 2018

- Chisenhale Dance Space, London 2014 - 2018

- Greek Dance-Therapist guild professional training,

Athens 2022

- PhonoQuest, Epidaurous 2022

- Municipal Theater of Patras Drama School,

Patras 2020 - 2021

- DILOS theater school, Athens 2017 - 2023

- Filippos Nakas Conservatory, Athens 2018

- Modern Times Drama School, Athens 2018 - 2019

- Maro Marmarinou Professional Dance School, Athens 2017

- Theater Studies Department, UoP, Nafplio 2020

- Performing & Digital Arts Department, UoP, Nafplio 2020

- Dance Departments, Stockholm University of the Arts 2020

- Department of Theater, AUTh, Thessaloniki 2019

MEDIA​ & PRESS 

OffScreen NovaCinema podcast, Poly Lykourgou, 21.03.2025 

Greek National TV ERT Morning Show, Fotis Sergoulopoulos & Jenny Melita, 26.02.2025​

Cultural Magazino FM105.5, Maria Thanassoulia, 13.01.2025

WIFT GR, Mary Kolonia, 01.12.2024

Monopoli.gr, Anna Routsi, 28.11.2024

AthensVoice, Christina Galanopoulou, 22.11.2024

PERFORMING

INTIMACY

film, tv & theatre

contact@georgiapaizi.com

0030 690 9853 355

4 Panagi Mpenaki str.

114 71 Athens

travels to work

from Athens

Greece

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