Byun Young-joo
Directing
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
Directing10
tvQueen Mantis
2025
Director
tvBlack Out
2024
Director
movieHelpless
2012
Director
movieFlying Boys
2004
Director
movieArdor
2002
Director
movieMy Own Breathing
2000
Director
movieHabitual Sadness
1997
Director
movieThe Murmuring
1995
Director
movieA Woman Being in Asia
1993
Director
Acting10
tvModern Korea
2019
Self (archive footage)
tvMovie Room
2018
Self
Camera5
movieHelpless
2012
Camera Operator
movieRepatriation
2004
Director of Photography
movieMy Own Breathing
2000
Director of Photography
movieA Woman Being in Asia
1993
Director of Photography
Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name
1989
Director of Photography
Writing4
Creator2
tvQueen Mantis
2025
Creator
tvBlack Out
2024
Creator
Editing1
Production1
movieHabitual Sadness
1997
Producer