
Byun Young-joo
Known for directing · Born 20 December 1966 · 59 · Seoul, South Korea
22 credits
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
2018

Queen Mantis
2025

Helpless
2012

Black Out
2024

While you are tempted
2021

Ardor
2002

Flying Boys
2004

Repatriation
2004

The Murmuring
1995

My Own Breathing
2000

Habitual Sadness
1997

The Jang Sun-woo Variations
2001