Byun Young-joo

Birthday: 1966-12-20
Birthplace: South Korea
Gender: Female

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

Year Title
Light Store
2012-03-08 Helpless
2004-12-03 Flying Boys
2002-11-08 Ardor
2000-03-18 My Own Breathing
1997-08-23 Habitual Sadness
1995-04-29 The Murmuring
1993-01-01 A Woman Being in Asia