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Byun Young-joo

Seoul, South KoreaBorn December 20, 1966

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.

Filmography7

Helpless

Helpless

2012
Flying Boys

Flying Boys

2004
Ardor

Ardor

2002
My Own Breathing

My Own Breathing

2000
Habitual Sadness

Habitual Sadness

1997
The Murmuring

The Murmuring

1995
A Woman Being in Asia

A Woman Being in Asia

1993

Television2

Queen Mantis

Queen Mantis

2025
Black Out

Black Out

2024