Byun Young-joo
- Directing
- December 20, 1966 · 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
Filmography
- Queen Mantis · Director, Creator
- Black Out · Director, Creator
- Behind Every Star · Self
- 역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단 · Self
- While you are tempted
- Modern Korea · Self
- Movie Room · Self
- Ari Ari the Korean Cinema · Self
- Helpless · Director, Writer
- Women Behind the Camera · Self
- Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young · Self
- Flying Boys · Director
- Repatriation · Cinematography
- Ardor · Director, Screenplay
- Keeping the Vision Alive · Self
- The Jang Sun-woo Variations · Self
- My Own Breathing · Director, Cinematography
- Habitual Sadness · Director, Producer
- The Murmuring · Director, Writer
- A Woman Being in Asia · Director, Editing
- Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name · Screenplay, Cinematography
- A Mark Against Thee · Director