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Byun Young-joo

Directing Born Dec 20, 1966 Seoul, South Korea 11 credits

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.

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Known for

Movie Room

as Self

Movie Room

2018

Full filmography

  • Movie Room (2018) as Self
  • Movie Room (2018)
  • Behind Every Star (2022) as Self
  • Modern Korea (2019) as Self (archive footage)
  • While you are tempted (2021)
  • Ari Ari the Korean Cinema (2012) as Self
  • Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young (2007) as Self
  • 역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단 (2022) as Self
  • Keeping the Vision Alive (2002) as Herself
  • The Jang Sun-woo Variations (2001) as Self
  • Women Behind the Camera (2007) as Self