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Byun Young-joo

Byun Young-joo

Born: 1966-12-20 • Seoul, South Korea

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.

Filmography
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema poster
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012 • Self
No Image
Women Behind the Camera
2007 • Self
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young poster
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
2007 • Self
Keeping the Vision Alive poster
Keeping the Vision Alive
2002 • Herself
The Jang Sun-woo Variations poster
The Jang Sun-woo Variations
2001 • Self