Directing
Byun Young-joo
KO, EN cinema · 15 credits
Born
20 December 1966 (age 59)
Birthplace
Seoul, South Korea
Also known as Byeon Yeong-ju · Byun Young-joo
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
Filmography
Helpless
Director, Writer, Camera Operator
Flying Boys
Director
Repatriation
Director of Photography
Ardor
Director, Screenplay
My Own Breathing
Director, Director of Photography
Habitual Sadness
Director, Producer
The Murmuring
Director, Writer
A Woman Being in Asia
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
작은 풀에도 이름 있으니
1989
Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name
Screenplay, Director of Photography