Byun Young-joo
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
TV
Behind Every Star
as Self
2022
Movie
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
as Self
2012
Movie
Women Behind the Camera
as Self
2007
TV
Movie Room
as Self
2018
TV
Movie Room
2018
Movie
The Jang Sun-woo Variations
as Self
2001
TV
Modern Korea
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Movie
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
as Self
2007
Movie
Keeping the Vision Alive
as Herself
2002
TV
While you are tempted
2021
TV
역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단
as Self
2022
Crew
Movie
Helpless
Director
2012
TV
Queen Mantis
Director
2025
Movie
Ardor
Director
2002
TV
Black Out
Director
2024
Movie
Repatriation
Director of Photography
2004
Movie
Flying Boys
Director
2004
Movie
The Murmuring
Director
1995
Movie
My Own Breathing
Director
2000
Movie
Habitual Sadness
Director
1997
Movie
A Woman Being in Asia
Director
1993
Movie
Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name
Screenplay
1989
Movie
A Mark Against Thee
Director