Cast & creator
Byun Young-joo
Best known for Movie Room, Movie Room, Black Out
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.
Also known as: Byeon Yeong-ju, Byun Young-joo
24
film credits
10
television credits
11
1989–2025 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (34)
Showing 34 of 34 credits
Movie Room
Self
2018Movie Room
2018
Black Out
Director
2024Black Out
Creator
2024
Behind Every Star
Self
2022
Queen Mantis
Director
2025Queen Mantis
Creator
2025
Modern Korea
Self (archive footage)
2019
While you are tempted
2021
Ardor
Screenplay
2002Ardor
Director
2002
Helpless
Director
2012Helpless
Writer
2012Helpless
Camera Operator
2012
The Jang Sun-woo Variations
Self
2001Women Behind the Camera
Self
2007
Flying Boys
Director
2004
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
Self
2007
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Self
2012
Repatriation
Director of Photography
2004A Mark Against Thee
Director
역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단
Self
2022
Habitual Sadness
Director
1997Habitual Sadness
Producer
1997
A Woman Being in Asia
Editor
1993A Woman Being in Asia
Director
1993A Woman Being in Asia
Director of Photography
1993
Keeping the Vision Alive
Herself
2002Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name
Screenplay
1989Even Little Grass Has Its Own Name
Director of Photography
1989
The Murmuring
Director
1995The Murmuring
Writer
1995
My Own Breathing
Director
2000My Own Breathing
Director of Photography
2000