Directing
Byun Young-joo
Born 1966-12-20
Seoul, South Korea
Department: Directing
Biography
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
Prominent works featuring Byun Young-joo
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Movie Room
2018
TMDB4.7
Movie
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Helpless
2012
TMDB3.5
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Black Out
2024
TMDB4.3
TV
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Queen Mantis
2025
TMDB3.6
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Behind Every Star
2022
TMDB3.6
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Ardor
2002
TMDB2.5
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Modern Korea
2019
TMDB5.0
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While you are tempted
2021
TMDB0.0
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The Jang Sun-woo Variations
2001
TMDB4.0
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Flying Boys
2004
TMDB3.2
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (34 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Queen Mantis | Director | TV Series | 2025 |
| Queen Mantis | Creator | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Black Out | Director | TV Series | 2024 |
| Black Out | Creator | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Behind Every Star | Self | TV Series | 2022 |
 | 역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단 | Self | TV Series | 2022 |
 | While you are tempted | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Modern Korea | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Movie Room | Self | TV Series | 2018 |
| Movie Room | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Ari Ari the Korean Cinema | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | Helpless | Director | Movie | 2012 |
| Helpless | Writer | Movie | 2012 |
| Helpless | Camera Operator | Movie | 2012 |
| Women Behind the Camera | Self | Movie | 2007 | |
 | Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | Flying Boys | Director | Movie | 2004 |
 | Repatriation | Director of Photography | Movie | 2004 |
 | Ardor | Director | Movie | 2002 |
| Ardor | Screenplay | Movie | 2002 |
 | Keeping the Vision Alive | Herself | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Jang Sun-woo Variations | Self | Movie | 2001 |
 | My Own Breathing | Director | Movie | 2000 |
| My Own Breathing | Director of Photography | Movie | 2000 |
 | Habitual Sadness | Director | Movie | 1997 |
| Habitual Sadness | Producer | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Murmuring | Director | Movie | 1995 |
| The Murmuring | Writer | Movie | 1995 |
 | A Woman Being in Asia | Director | Movie | 1993 |
| A Woman Being in Asia | Director of Photography | Movie | 1993 |
| A Woman Being in Asia | Editor | Movie | 1993 |
| Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name | Screenplay | Movie | 1989 | |
| Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name | Director of Photography | Movie | 1989 | |
| A Mark Against Thee | Director | Movie | — |