Petra Joy (born 1964 in
Kempten,
West Germany) is an award-winning German
feminist film director,
film producer,
TV producer,
distributor,
author, and
photographer. She lives in
Brighton, England. Along with
Candida Royalle,
Annie Sprinkle,
Maria Beatty, and others, she is one of the pioneers of the movement to make pornography for women. Her genre is described as "art-core," meaning the focus is on sexuality from the female perspective, female pleasure, and creative, sensual play. Common themes in her erotic films include
safe sex, men seen as sexual objects, female fantasies, and male
bisexuality.