Byun Young-joo
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 20, 1966, Seoul, South Korea
- Movies
- 13
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2012 | Ari Ari the Korean Cinema | Self |
| 2007 | Women Behind the Camera | Self |
| 2007 | Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young | Self |
| 2002 | Keeping the Vision Alive | Herself |
| 2001 | The Jang Sun-woo Variations | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2012 | Helpless | Director, Writer |
| 2004 | Flying Boys | Director |
| 2002 | Ardor | Screenplay, Director |
| 2000 | My Own Breathing | Director |
| 1997 | Habitual Sadness | Director, Producer |
| 1995 | The Murmuring | Director, Writer |
| 1993 | A Woman Being in Asia | Director |
| 1989 | Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name | Screenplay |
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