Directing
Byun Young-joo
1966 · Seoul, South Korea
15 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
The Jang Sun-woo Variations
Self
Ardor
Director
Helpless
Director
Flying Boys
Director
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
Self
Repatriation
Director of Photography
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Self
A Mark Against Thee
Director
Women Behind the Camera
Self
Keeping the Vision Alive
Herself
Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name
Screenplay
A Woman Being in Asia
Director