- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 20, 1966
- Place of Birth
- Seoul, South Korea
Byun Young-joo
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
tvQueen Mantis
2025 · Director, Creator
tvBlack Out
2024 · Director, Creator
tvBehind Every Star
2022 · Self
tv역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단
2022 · Self
tvWhile you are tempted
2021
tvModern Korea
2019 · Self (archive footage)
tvMovie Room
2018 · Self
movieAri Ari the Korean Cinema
2012 · Self
movieHelpless
2012 · Director, Writer, Camera Operator
Women Behind the Camera
movieWomen Behind the Camera
2007 · Self
movieTwo Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
2007 · Self
movieFlying Boys
2004 · Director
movieRepatriation
2004 · Director of Photography
movieArdor
2002 · Screenplay, Director
movieKeeping the Vision Alive
2002 · Herself
movieThe Jang Sun-woo Variations
2001 · Self
movieMy Own Breathing
2000 · Director, Director of Photography
movieHabitual Sadness
1997 · Director, Producer
movieThe Murmuring
1995 · Director, Writer
movieA Woman Being in Asia
1993 · Editor, Director, Director of Photography
Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name
movieEven Little Grass Has Its Own Name
1989 · Screenplay, Director of Photography
A Mark Against Thee
movieA Mark Against Thee
— · Director