Amy Northup is a SAG-AFTRA Intimacy Coordinator based in New York City and available to work globally. One of the early pioneers of Intimacy Coordination, her work can be seen across most major networks and streamers, and in multiple award winning and festival celebrated films. With a background in acting, directing, and producing, Amy brings over two decades of experience in the industry to her work. 

In addition to her on set work, Amy is an instructor with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators the leading and largest organization training and certifying intimacy professionals worldwide. She is also the Intimacy Advisor at NYU’s Kanbar School of Film and Television, overseeing and staffing both graduate and undergraduate projects. She is also part of the advisory team collaborating with SAG-AFTRA to establish standardized guidelines for on-set intimacy coordination. 

Outside of film work, Amy holds a longtime position with OutSmart NYC, a non-profit dedicated to preventing and responding to sexual violence in New York City nightlife, where she developed and facilitated classes on bystander intervention, sexual harassment prevention, and consent education specifically tailored to the culture and needs of NYC nightlife.

For her work with OutSmart, Amy was awarded the first ever “Lydia Martinez Emerging Leader in Sexual Violence Prevention in NYC” by the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault in 2019. She has also served on the Manhattan Sexual Assault Task Force.

 Amy is also trained as an advocate with The Crime Victims Treatment Center in NYC. Volunteer rape crisis and domestic violence advocates provide crisis counseling, emotional support and advocacy to survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence who seek treatment in emergency rooms.