Director
Byun Young-joo
59 years · Seoul, South Korea · 12 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 12
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012 · Self
Helpless
2012 · Director, Writer
On Tubi TV
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
2007 · Self
Flying Boys
2004 · Director
Repatriation
2004 · Cinematography
Ardor
2002 · Director, Screenplay
Keeping the Vision Alive
2002 · Herself
The Jang Sun-woo Variations
2001 · Self
My Own Breathing
2000 · Director, Cinematography
Habitual Sadness
1997 · Director, Producer
The Murmuring
1995 · Director, Writer
A Woman Being in Asia
1993 · Director, Editor