Intimacy Coordinator · Film · TV · Stage

The work is better when everyone feels safe.

Bringing structure, clarity, and care to intimate scenes across major productions. Protecting performers. Serving the story.

Trained by
Intimacy for Stage & Screen UK
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About
Joshua Okpala portrait
5+
Years across major productions
20+
Productions coordinated

My work sits between performance, safeguarding and production reality.

My foundation is acting. Training in New York City gave me first-hand understanding of what it means to be vulnerable in front of a camera, and that perspective shapes everything I do as an Intimacy Coordinator.

Trained by Intimacy for Stage & Screen UK, I've spent five years working across major film and TV productions, delivered masterclasses internationally, and spoken on BAFTA panels. I help teams create intimate scenes that are emotionally truthful, practically repeatable and safe for the people performing them. The field teaches protocol. My approach adds the human layer.

AS FEATURED ON BBC ONE

Watch the Work

Bring the Drama offers a rare look at Joshua's work as an intimacy coordinator, showing the care, structure and collaboration behind intimate scenes.

Watch on BBC iPlayer
BBC One · Bring the Drama
What I offer
Pre-production
01
Script & Scene Support
Identifying intimacy moments early and advising on approach, framing creative conversations before production begins so the whole team is aligned from day one.
On set
02
On-Set Coordination
Establishing consent, choreographing intimate scenes, and maintaining a respectful, professional environment throughout filming and rehearsal. Beforecare and aftercare included.
Training & Education
03
Workshops & Training
Masterclasses and panels for drama schools, production teams, and institutions. Delivered internationally, including at BAFTA and leading conservatoires across the UK.
Working principles
01
Preparation is protection.
The work that happens before the scene, in conversation, in mapping, in consent, is what makes the scene itself possible. Structure is not a constraint on creativity. It is what makes creativity safe.
02
Consent supports creativity.
When performers know their boundaries are held, they are freer, not more restricted. Intimacy coordination does not limit what can be told. It expands what performers are willing to bring to it.
03
Structure protects performance.
A clear choreographic framework gives performers something to work within and push against. Ambiguity on set breeds anxiety. Clarity breeds confidence, and confident performers give better performances.
04
The scene must serve the story.
Every decision about intimacy, what is shown, how it is choreographed, what it communicates, must be anchored in the narrative. Intimacy in service of truth serves everyone in the room.
Selected Credits
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Two Weeks in August
BBC One · BBC iPlayer
A Thousand Blows
Disney+ · Hulu
Supacell
Netflix
The Brutalist
A24
House of David
Amazon Prime
Eric
Netflix
Gangs of London S3
Sky
Industry S3
HBO · BBC
Top Boy S3
Netflix
The Decameron
Netflix
Great Expectations
BBC · FX
Bridgerton S2 & S3
Netflix
Queen Charlotte
Netflix
The Witcher S3
Netflix
Sex Education S4
Netflix

Additional Work

Additional Film & Television
Commercials
Starling Bank · Waitrose · Bacchanalia
Speaking & Workshops
BAFTA Panel, UK · FEST Film Festival, Portugal · LAMDA, UK · Columbia University, New York, USA

For a full portfolio and detailed credit list, please enquire.

Let's work together.

Available for film, television, and theatre productions across the UK and internationally. Enquiries welcome via agent or direct contact.

Send an enquiry
Get in touch
Representation
Lola Williams
New Wonder Management · newwondermanagement.co.uk
Direct
josh@joshuaokpala.com
Instagram
@joshua.okpala