Byun Young-joo
Directing
- Born
- December 20, 1966 (age 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.
Known for
Behind the camera10
- 2012Helpless Director, Writer, Camera Operator
- 2004Flying Boys Director
- 2004Repatriation Director of Photography
- 2002Ardor Director, Screenplay
- 2000My Own Breathing Director, Director of Photography
- 1997Habitual Sadness Director, Producer
- 1995The Murmuring Director, Writer
- 1993A Woman Being in Asia Director, Editor, Director of Photography
- 1989Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name Screenplay, Director of Photography
- TBA