Byun Young-joo
December 20, 1966 (58 years old) in Seoul, South Korea
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
Credits
- 2022 · Behind Every Star as Self
- 2022 · 역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단 as Self
- 2021 · While you are tempted as
- 2019 · Modern Korea as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Movie Room as Self
- 2012 · Ari Ari the Korean Cinema as Herself
- 2007 · Women Behind the Camera as Self
- 2007 · Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young as Herself
- 2002 · Keeping the Vision Alive as Herself
- 2001 · The Jang Sun-woo Variations as Herself