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Byun Young-joo

Byun Young-joo

Director · Born 1966-12-20 · Seoul, South Korea

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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

  1. Helpless (2012) — Director
  2. Queen Mantis (2025) — Director
  3. Ardor (2002) — Director
  4. Black Out (2024) — Director
  5. Flying Boys (2004) — Director
  6. The Murmuring (1995) — Director
  7. My Own Breathing (2000) — Director
  8. Habitual Sadness (1997) — Director
  9. A Woman Being in Asia (1993) — Director
  10. A Mark Against Thee — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Behind Every Star (2022) — Self
  2. Ari Ari the Korean Cinema (2012) — Self
  3. Movie Room (2018) — Self
  4. Women Behind the Camera (2007) — Self
  5. The Jang Sun-woo Variations (2001) — Self
  6. Modern Korea (2019) — Self (archive footage)
  7. Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young (2007) — Self
  8. Keeping the Vision Alive (2002) — Herself
  9. While you are tempted (2021)
  10. 역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단 (2022) — Self