Independent.ie – Meet Ita O’Brien – the world’s leading sex scene director

29 Apr 2018 | Press

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Ita O’Brien at a typical workshop.

Filming sex scenes in front of a crew of sound technicians, gaffers, and cinematographers has never been easy. In fact, most actors seem to have numerous bad sex scene war stories. Or at the very least, can recall how uncomfortable they felt on set that day.

Jamie Dornan, who starred as Christian Grey in the 50 Shades franchise, said filming the BDSM scenes could be ‘heinous’.

In the wake of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, directors, actors, and producers are keen to find out what exactly the correct etiquette is when shooting risqué scenes.

Ita O’Brien, whose family are from Clonmel, is one of the UK’s leading Intimacy Directors…

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