Byun Young-joo
Directing·December 20, 1966 — 59 years old·Seoul, South Korea
She is a founding member of the women's feminist film collective "Bariteo," which was established in 1989. She worked as a cinematographer on Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name (dir. Kim So-young, 1989), a short film about gender discrimination at work, and My Children (dir. Doe Sung-hee, 1990), a documentary film about childcare in a poor neighborhood. Her first documentary Women Being in Asia (1993) centers on the sex trade in Asia, particularly the sex tourism of Jeju Island.
Known For
Filmography · 22
—A Mark Against TheeDirector2025Queen MantisTVDirector · Creator2024Black OutTVDirector · Creator2022Behind Every StarTVSelf2022역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단TVSelf2021While you are temptedTV2019Modern KoreaTVSelf (archive footage)2018Movie RoomTVSelf2012Ari Ari the Korean CinemaSelf2012HelplessDirector · Writer · Camera Operator2007Women Behind the CameraSelf2007Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-youngSelf2004Flying BoysDirector2004RepatriationDirector of Photography2002ArdorDirector · Screenplay2002Keeping the Vision AliveHerself2001The Jang Sun-woo VariationsSelf2000My Own BreathingDirector · Director of Photography1997Habitual SadnessDirector · Producer1995The MurmuringDirector · Writer1993A Woman Being in AsiaDirector · Director of Photography · Editor1989Even Little Grass Has Its Own NameScreenplay · Director of Photography