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.
Directed
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Helpless (2012) — Director
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Queen Mantis (2025) — Director
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Ardor (2002) — Director
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Black Out (2024) — Director
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Flying Boys (2004) — Director
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The Murmuring (1995) — Director
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My Own Breathing (2000) — Director
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Habitual Sadness (1997) — Director
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A Woman Being in Asia (1993) — Director
- A Mark Against Thee — Director
Also appeared in
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Behind Every Star (2022) — Self
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Ari Ari the Korean Cinema (2012) — Self
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Movie Room (2018) — Self
- Women Behind the Camera (2007) — Self
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The Jang Sun-woo Variations (2001) — Self
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Modern Korea (2019) — Self (archive footage)
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Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young (2007) — Self
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Keeping the Vision Alive (2002) — Herself
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While you are tempted (2021)
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역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단 (2022) — Self