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Home/People/Byun Young-joo
Byun Young-joo profile photo
Born
Dec 20, 1966
Age 59
Place of Birth
Seoul, South Korea
Known For
Directing
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

5
Movies
6
TV Shows
10
Directed
Also Known As
Byeon Yeong-ju
Byun Young-joo
IMDb Profile

Byun Young-joo

Directing

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.
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema poster

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

as Self
2012
Women Behind the Camera poster

Women Behind the Camera

as Self
2007
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young poster

Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young

as Self
2007
Keeping the Vision Alive poster

Keeping the Vision Alive

as Herself
2002
The Jang Sun-woo Variations poster

The Jang Sun-woo Variations

as Self
2001