Sara Blecher
Sara Blecher is an internationally award winning documentary and fiction film producer/ director with extensive training and experience as an intimacy coordinator.
As the founder and former chairperson Sisters Working in Film and Television (SWIFT), the premier Southern African organization dedicated to the concerns and experiences of women working in the industry, she led the organization's mission to advocate for safety, gender parity, and intersectionality in front of and behind the camera. Additionally, she served on the South African Screen Federation council and was a member of committees advising the Ministry of Arts and Culture on transformation and policy in the industry.
Throughout her over twenty years of experience as a director and producer in South Africa, Sara gained a deep understanding of the challenges faced by both performers and producers of intimate content. These cross over skills give her a unique perspective in tackling particularly challenging intimate content in a creative way.
Sara has been working as an intimacy coordinator since 2019, making her one of the most experienced ICs in the country. She has also been involved in providing training to intimacy coordinators across both Europe and Africa.
IC credits include work for Netflix (Ryeka, Umjolo, Soon Comes Night, Bare) Showmax (Adulting), HBO (Warrior) and other major channels, as well as feature films (Retta Blom, City of Gold, Do Your Worst, Love, Sex and 30 Candles), series (Adulting, Red Ink, MTV Shuga Down South) and Telenovelas (Nikiwe, The Estate and Isono).
Sara is one of the founding members of, Intimacy Practitioners South Africa, who have been instrumental in creating Protocols for Intimate Content in TV, Film and Associated Media - South Africa
Sara Blecher's CV
SARA BLECHER INTIMACY COORDINATIONCREDITS
2024 - In Production/Post Production
Intimacy Coordinator - ONS - Idea Candy / Silwerskerm Short Film - Dir:
Intimacy Coordinator - KING OF AFRICA - Fertile Ground Studios - Dir: Nonhlanhla Dlamini
Intimacy Coordinator - BARE - Netflix - Dir: Samad Davis
2023 - Post Production
Intimacy Coordinator - UMJOLO - Stained Glass Productions / Netflix - Dir: Fikile Magodi
Intimacy Coordinator - RETTA BLOM - Tiom Productions - Dir: Pieter Grobbler
Intimacy Coordinator - ADULTING S2 - Thsedza Pictures - Dir: Menga Nhlabathi & Thembela Mfebe
Intimacy Coordinator - BARE - Netflix - Dir: Samad Davis
Intimacy Coordinator - SMOKE AND MIRRORS - eTV & Final Chapter Productions - Dir: Sibongiseni Zond
Intimacy Coordinator - NIKIWE - Parental Advisory Productions - Dir: Sibusiso Phakathi
Intimacy Coordinator - UBETINA WETU - SABC1 - Dir: Twiggy Matiwane
Intimacy Coordinator - LADY JUSTICE - Milton Empire - Dir: Ntabi Tau
Intimacy Coordinator - RED INK - Bomb Productions / Showmax - Dir: Zeno Petersen
Intimacy Coordinator - ENTANGLED - Burnt Onion/Mzansi Magic - Dir: Twiggy Matiwane
Intimacy Coordinator - CITY OF GOLD - Netflix - Dir: Fabien Martorell
Intimacy Coordinator - PHOENIX - The Milton Empire/eVOD - Dir: Tshepo Matlanyane
Intimacy Coordinator - 1802 - LOVE DEFIES - Hela Media/1Magic - Dir: Tebogo Malope - Eps: 43 & 44
Intimacy Coordinator - MTV SHUGA - MTV/Burnt Onion Productions - Dir: Nomawonga Khumalo
Intimacy Coordinator - BECOMING - Azania Productions - Dir: Kay Kgaitsedi
Intimacy Coordinator - SOON COMES NIGHT - Ochre Media/Netflix - Dir: Thabang Moleya Sanele Zulu - Eps: 1, 2, 5, 6, & 7
Intimacy Coordinator - REYKA S2 - HBO/Quizzical - Dir: Catherine Cooke & Rea Ranaka
Intimacy Coordinator - EXPATS - DIPRENTE - Dir: Kagiso Lediga & Karabo Lediga - Eps: 101, 107, 108, 109
Intimacy Coordinator - THE WIFE - Showmax/Stained Glass - Dir: Fikile Mogodi - Eps: 305 & 308
Intimacy Coordinator - ADULTING - Showmax/Tshedza - Dir: Menga Nlabathi - Eps: 10 & 105
Intimacy Coordinator - 1923 - Paramount/101 Studios/Moonlighting - Dir. Ben Richardson - Eps: 104 (Kenya)
Intimacy Coordinator - DULAS (Film) - Pula Bakgaga Media - Dir: Kganki Mphahlele
Intimacy Coordinator - WARRIOR S3 - HBO/Moonlighting - Dir: Deni Gordon - Eps: 308
Intimacy Coordinator - LOVE SEX AND 30 CANLDES (Film) - Sorele Media - Dir: Stephina Zwane
2022
Intimacy Coordinator - DO YOUR WORST (Film) - Netflix - Dir: Samantha Nel
Intimacy Coordinator - LOLLY PILOT - HBO - Dir: Shalto Copley
Intimacy Coordinator - UMBUSO - Mzansi Magic/Quizzical/WC Enterprise - Dir: Kgatontle Mdleleni & Siyabong Mkhize - Eps: 9
2021
Intimacy Coordinator - THE ESTATE - Clive Morris Productions - Dir: Dom Gumede
Intimacy Coordinator - ISONO S1 - Clive Morris Productions - Dir: John Baker & Zuko Nodada
2020
Intimacy Coordinator - POU (Film) - The Ergo Company - Dir: Jaco Minnaar