Rochester / Finger Lakes Film Commission

Shawn M. Essler

Shawn M. Essler

Phone: 585.406.3082

Add'l Phone:

Fax:

smessler813@gmail.com

Assistant Director

2nd Unit Director

Intimacy Coordinator – Mr. Essler graduated from IDC Professionals’ Intimacy Coordinator program in 2022 to become Western & Central NY’s first (and currently only) fully-sanctioned IC. He can work on all film, video and photography projects, both union and non-union. As a talent advocate, Mr. Essler’s design as an IC focuses on three key areas: disrobing, physical intimacy between actors, and trauma/retraumatization.