Byun Young-joo
Born: 1966-12-20 in Seoul, South Korea
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Queen Mantis ... (Director)
2024
- Black Out ... (Director)
2022
- Behind Every Star as Self
- 역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단 as Self
2019
- Modern Korea as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Movie Room as Self
2012
- Helpless ... (Director)
- Ari Ari the Korean Cinema as Herself
2007
- Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young as Herself
- Women Behind the Camera as Self
2004
- Flying Boys ... (Director)
- Repatriation ... (Director of Photography)
2002
- Ardor ... (Director)
- Keeping the Vision Alive as Herself
2001
- The Jang Sun-woo Variations as Herself
2000
- My Own Breathing ... (Director)
1997
- Habitual Sadness ... (Director)
1995
- The Murmuring ... (Director)
1993
- A Woman Being in Asia ... (Director)
1989
- Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name ... (Screenplay)