Byun Young-joo
Directing1966 (59)Seoul, South Korea
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.
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2025Queen MantisTV showDirector · Creator · 8 episodes
2024Black OutTV showDirector · Creator · 14 episodes
2022Behind Every StarTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2022역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단TV showas Self · 4 episodes
2021While you are temptedTV show37 episodes
2019Modern KoreaTV showas Self (archive footage) · 1 episodes
2018Movie RoomTV showas Self · 173 episodes
2012Ari Ari the Korean CinemaMovieas Self
2012HelplessMovieDirector · Writer · Camera Operator- 2007Women Behind the CameraMovieas Self
2007Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-youngMovieas Self
2004Flying BoysMovieDirector
2004RepatriationMovieDirector of Photography
2002ArdorMovieDirector · Screenplay
2002Keeping the Vision AliveMovieas Herself
2001The Jang Sun-woo VariationsMovieas Self
2000My Own BreathingMovieDirector · Director of Photography
1997Habitual SadnessMovieDirector · Producer
1995The MurmuringMovieDirector · Writer
1993A Woman Being in AsiaMovieDirector · Director of Photography · Editor