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.

Byun Young-joo

Directing Born December 20, 1966 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

Movie Room

Self

Movie Room

Behind Every Star

Self

While you are tempted

Modern Korea

Self (archive footage)

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

Self

Women Behind the Camera

Self

Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young

Self

역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단

Self

The Jang Sun-woo Variations

Self

Keeping the Vision Alive

Herself