
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1966-12-20
Place of Birth
Seoul, South Korea
Byun Young-joo
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

Behind Every Star
as Self

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
as Herself

Movie Room
as Self

Women Behind the Camera
as Self

Modern Korea
as Self (archive footage)

The Jang Sun-woo Variations
as Herself

Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
as Herself

Keeping the Vision Alive
as Herself

While you are tempted

역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단
as Self