Byun Young-joo
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.
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Movies (14)
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
as Self
2012
Helpless
Director (Directing)
2012
Women Behind the Camera
as Self
2007
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
as Herself
2007
Flying Boys
Director (Directing)
2004
Repatriation
Director of Photography (Camera)
2004
Ardor
Director (Directing)
2002
Keeping the Vision Alive
as Herself
2002
The Jang Sun-woo Variations
as Herself
2001
My Own Breathing
Director (Directing)
2000
Habitual Sadness
Director (Directing)
1997
The Murmuring
Director (Directing)
1995
A Woman Being in Asia
Director (Directing)
1993
Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name
Screenplay (Writing)
1989
