Creating Safer Sets

Dr. Annalise Ophelian is a licensed clinical psychologist and award-winning documentarian who specializes in authentic media representation of LGBTQIA+ communities, kink, sex work, and mental illness, as well as informed representation of sexual violence, trauma, and psychopathy. Annalise’s documentary work has been acquired by PBS, SYFY, OutTV, and SBS, and she has consulted for leading design firms, Hollywood studios, state health departments, and law enforcement. Annalise’s private practice specializes in performance psychology and mental wellness for creative professionals, marginalized genders, and sexual outsiders.

Heather María Ács is a certified intimacy coordinator based in NYC and Los Angeles. Credits include Partner Track (Netflix), Dead Ringers with Rachel Weisz (Amazon), and features such as, Lee Daniels’ The Deliverance, Plan B (Hulu) and gay rom-com, Fire Island (Hulu). She specializes in authentic representation for intersectional LGBTQIA+ and BDSM/kink communities, working with diverse casts, and body positivity. She is also an award-winning writer/director.

Kristy Guevara-Flanagan is an Associate Professor at UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film and Television where she heads the MFA Directing Documentary concentration. She has been making documentary films that focus on gender and representation for nearly two decades, starting with a 1999 experimental documentary about a blow-up doll (which screened at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, among other venues). Guevara-Flanagan’s documentary and experimental films have screened at the Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, and HotDocs film festivals and the Getty Museum. Her work has been broadcast on PBS and the Sundance Channel, received numerous awards, and been funded by ITVS, the Sundance Institute, the Tribeca Institute, Latino Public Broadcasting, and California Humanities.

N. Jasmine Johnson is a psychotherapist and owner of Blue Pearl Therapy, a virtual mental health practice specializing in intimacy post-injury, trauma, and illness and sex-positive parenting. She is also the co-owner, along with partner King Noire, of Royal Fetish Films, where the love of the arts, film, and sex education are combined to produce content that stimulates and engages the audience to push their sexual boundaries. An award-winning adult film star and established adult entertainer, educator, and master fetish trainer, Jasmine has dedicated her craft to creating a more inclusive and ethically sound adult entertainment industry.

Reps On Set’s founder Olivia “Troy” Troy is a screenwriter, consulting producer, and IPA-certified intimacy coordinator based in New York City. While her credits span film, television, and theater productions, Troy is best known for bringing authenticity and credibility to the BDSM scenes of Billions (Showtime) and Bonding (S2, Netflix), Dear Edward (AppleTV+), The Starling Girl (feature), and Love Life (S2, HBOMax). She launched REPS in 2021 with the goal of fostering better representation of underrepresented identities in film and television, later expanding its mission to create more supportive, safer sets for their inclusion through cultural coordinating, intimate storytelling, and mental wellness services.