
Directing
Byun Young-joo
Directing · Born 1966-12-20 · 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.
Credits · 17

Queen Mantis
2025 · Director

Black Out
2024 · Director

Behind Every Star
2022 · Self

역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단
2022 · Self

While you are tempted
2021

Modern Korea
2019 · Self (archive footage)

Movie Room
2018 · Self
FilmAri Ari the Korean Cinema
2012 · Self
FilmHelpless
2012 · Director
Women Behind the Camera
FilmWomen Behind the Camera
2007 · Self
FilmFlying Boys
2004 · Director
FilmRepatriation
2004 · Director of Photography
FilmArdor
2002 · Director
FilmThe Jang Sun-woo Variations
2001 · Self
FilmMy Own Breathing
2000 · Director
FilmHabitual Sadness
1997 · Director
FilmThe Murmuring
1995 · Director