Person
Byun Young-joo
Directing · Born 1966-12-20 · Seoul, South Korea
Biography
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
Movie Room
Self
Black Out
Director
Queen Mantis
Director
Behind Every Star
Self
While you are tempted
2021
Modern Korea
Self (archive footage)
The Jang Sun-woo Variations
Self
Ardor
Director
Helpless
Director
Repatriation
Director of Photography
Filmography
- 2025Queen MantisDirector
- 2024Black OutDirector
- 2022Behind Every StarSelf
- 2022역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단Self
- 2021While you are tempted
- 2019Modern KoreaSelf (archive footage)
- 2018Movie RoomSelf
- 2012Ari Ari the Korean CinemaSelf
- 2012HelplessDirector
- 2007Women Behind the CameraSelf
- 2007Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-youngSelf
- 2004Flying BoysDirector
- 2004RepatriationDirector of Photography
- 2002ArdorDirector
- 2002Keeping the Vision AliveHerself
- 2001The Jang Sun-woo VariationsSelf
- 2000My Own BreathingDirector
- 1997Habitual SadnessDirector
- 1995The MurmuringDirector
- 1993A Woman Being in AsiaDirector
- 1989Even Little Grass Has Its Own NameScreenplay
- —A Mark Against TheeDirector
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