Byun Young-joo

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1966-12-20 (58 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.

Known For

Director

Light Store

as Director

2025
2024
Black Out

as Director

2012
Helpless

as Director

2004
Flying Boys

as Director

2002
Ardor

as Director

2000
My Own Breathing

as Director

1997
Habitual Sadness

as Director

1995
The Murmuring

as Director

1993

Camera

2012
Helpless

as Camera Operator

2004
Repatriation

as Director of Photography

2000
My Own Breathing

as Director of Photography

1993
A Woman Being in Asia

as Director of Photography

1989
Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name

as Director of Photography

Writer

2012
Helpless

as Writer

2002
Ardor

as Screenplay

1995
The Murmuring

as Writer

Creator

2024
Black Out

as Creator

Editor

1993

Producer

1997
Habitual Sadness

as Producer