Jennifer Lyon Bell

Jennifer Lyon Bell
Born1968 or 1969 (age 56–57)
EducationHarvard University (B.A.)
University of Amsterdam (M.A.)
Occupations
  • Erotic film director
  • producer
  • curator
  • teacher
  • writer
MovementFeminist pornography

Jennifer Lyon Bell (born 1968 or 1969) is an American erotic film director/producer, curator, teacher, and writer. She is one of the early members of the feminist pornography movement and ethical porn movement, alongside Erika Lust, Shine Louise Houston, Tristan Taormino, and Maria Beatty. She is the founder and creative director of the independent production company Blue Artichoke Films in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

She has honors degrees from Harvard University in Psychology, (B.A.) and from the University of Amsterdam in Film + Television Studies (M.A.).

Films

Bell founded the production company Blue Artichoke Films in 2004.

Bell's films have been cited for their sense of intimacy, realism, and authenticity.

Bell says she aims to create positive social change with her erotic films by purposely eroticizing sexual communication between partners, by diversifying portrayals of gender, and by showing diversity in both casting (diverse race, body type, etc.) and in showing the flexible, diverse, creative nature of sex.

Her films have been covered in Vice, BuzzFeed, Playboy, Filmmaker, Dazed, Cosmopolitan, and Huffington Post, among others.

References

  1. 1 2 Courbet, David (December 31, 2018). "Feminist Filmmakers Tackle Adult Movie Machismo". Agence France-Presse. ProQuest 2161654385. Retrieved August 27, 2026 – via Yahoo News Australia. American director Jennifer Lyon Bell, a 49-year-old Harvard graduate
  2. ↑ Mulvey, Laura; Rogers, Anna Backman (May 18, 2015). Feminisms: Diversity, Difference and Multiplicity in Contemporary Film Cultures. Imagining Safe Space in Feminist Pornography. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. p. 81. ISBN 9789048523634.
  3. ↑ Wissot, Lauren (February 26, 2020). "Jennifer Lyon Bell and Stoya Talk "Blue Artichoke Films Presents: Adventures In Intimacy" (and Sex Positivity)". Filmmaker Magazine.
  4. ↑ Silver, Laura (May 18, 2015). "Why We Should Be Watching More Feminist Porn". BuzzFeed.
  5. ↑ Jahm, Pam (February 3, 2015). "Silver Shoes: Interview with Jennifer Lyon Bell". Electric Sheep Magazine.
  6. ↑ Nastasi, Alison (July 27, 2013). "A Brief Survey of Sexually Autonomous Women in Film". Flavorwire.
  7. ↑ Duits, Linda (2020). Eindelijk Weten Wat Seks Is. Uitgeverij Ten Have. p. 183. ISBN 9789025908768.
  8. ↑ Borrel, Daan; Deelen, Milou (2020). Krabben: Van Vrouw Tot Vrouw. Nijghen Van Ditmar. p. 35. ISBN 9789038807683.
  9. ↑ Sabo, Anne G. (2012). After Pornified: How Women Are Transforming Pornography and Why It Really Matters. Zero Books. p. 157. ISBN 9781780994802.
  10. ↑ Duits, Linda (2020). Eindelijk Weten Wat Seks Is. Utrecht, Netherlands: Uitgeverij Ten Have. p. 183. ISBN 978-90-259-0876-8.
  11. ↑ Deelen, Milou (June 1, 2018). "Pornofilmmaker Jennifer Lyon Bell over hoe je de perfecte pornofilm maakt" [Porn filmmaker Jennifer Lyon Bell on how to make the perfect porn movie]. VICE (in Netherlands Dutch). Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  12. ↑ Silver, Laura (May 18, 2015). "Why We Should Be Watching More Feminist Porn". BuzzFeed. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  13. ↑ Playboy Magazine, "Geen Slappe Aftreksels: De Afkomst van Porna," Melissa Janssens, Sept 2016, p. 26-29 Pijper Media, ISSN 0032-1478
  14. ↑ Wissot, Lauren (April 5, 2019). ""… When you're a Niche Filmmaker in a World That's Not Always as Openminded as You Might Like": CineKink Artist Spotlight Award Recipient Jennifer Lyon Bell on Her Art Porn Career". Filmmaker Magazine.
  15. ↑ "The porn festival shifting attitudes to sex on screen". Dazed. October 12, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Beste Pornos für Frauen: Diese 5 Filme solltest du kennen" [Best porn for women: These 5 films you should know]. www.cosmopolitan.de (in German). July 4, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Hart und emotional: Mit diesem Porno sollen Frauen die Sexualität erleben, nach der sie sich sehnen" [Hard and emotional: This porn is designed to help women experience the sexuality they long for]. May 22, 2015. Archived from the original on May 22, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2024.