Intimacy, 9781529954036
Hardcover
Transforming intimacy on screen and in life, one scene at a time.
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Intimacy

a field guide to finding connection and feeling your deep desires

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  • Hardcover

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    4 July 2025

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Summary

Intimacy: Reclaiming Connection in a Disconnected World

Lessons to transform intimacy in our own lives, learned from a journey of changing sex on screen, by Ita O’Brien - the pioneering intimacy coordinator behind Sex Education, I May Destroy You, and Normal People.

From the initial spark of attraction when your eyes first meet, to spontaneously dancing together in the kitchen and falling asleep side by side - how do we create those intimate moments of connection?

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529954036
ISBN-10:1529954037
Author:Ita O'Brien
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Imprint:Ebury Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:4 July 2025
Weight:487g
Dimensions:222mm x 140mm x 38mm
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Critics Review

Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of human connection in the modern world, this book offers a fresh perspective on how we can approach intimacy with confidence, respect, and joy. – Gillian Anderson

About The Author

Ita O'Brien

Ita O’Brien is one of the world’s leading Intimacy Coordinators, and the creator of the Intimacy On Set guidelines, which are now used around the world. She has worked on a huge number of productions (23 in 2021 alone!), including Normal People (BBC/Hulu), I May Destroy You (BBC/HBO), It’s A Sin (Channel 4/HBO) and Sex Education (Netflix), and upcoming releases include Conversations With Friends (BBC/Hulu), Dangerous Liaisons (Playground/Starz), Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Netflix/Blueprint Pictures; dir- Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre) and Empire of Light (Neal Street Productions/Searchlight; dir- Sam Mendes). Ita has been interviewed or profiled by Vogue, Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, Guardian, The Times, Elle, Entertainment Weekly and many others, and appeared on numerous radio and television shows, and podcasts.

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