Byun Young-joo
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 20, 1966
- Place of birth
- 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.
Movies with Byun Young-joo
- Ari Ari the Korean Cinema 2012 · ★ 5.5
- Women Behind the Camera 2007 · ★ 3.0
- The Jang Sun-woo Variations 2001 · ★ 8.0
- Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young 2007
- Keeping the Vision Alive 2002
Movies directed by Byun Young-joo
- Helpless 2012 · ★ 7.0
- Ardor 2002 · ★ 5.0
- Flying Boys 2004 · ★ 6.4
- The Murmuring 1995 · ★ 5.8
- My Own Breathing 2000 · ★ 5.5
- Habitual Sadness 1997 · ★ 5.0
- A Woman Being in Asia 1993