Byun Young-joo
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1966-12-20 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Seoul, South Korea
Also known As
Byeon Yeong-ju
Byun Young-joo
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.
Acting
2007
as Self
2001
as Herself
2007
2012
as Herself
2002
as Herself
Production
2002
as Director
2002
as Screenplay
1993
as Director
1993
as Director of Photography
1993
as Editor
2012
as Director
2004
as Director
2000
as Director
2012
as Writer
1995
as Director
2000
as Director of Photography
1995
as Writer
1997
as Director
1997
as Producer
2012
as Camera Operator
2004
as Director of Photography
1989
as Screenplay
1989
as Director of Photography
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