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Byun Young-joo

Director

Byun Young-joo

Directing
2012 · 1 film
Born
20 December 1966 · age 59
From
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.

Career Signature

How Byun Young-joo’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.