Byun Young-joo
Birthday: Born in 1966-12-20 in Seoul, South Korea
Deathday: Alive
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.
TV Credits
당신이 혹하는 사이
Character:
A dangerous dinner that transcends suspicion and enticement. One day, friends gathered at the house of movie planner Yoon Jong-shin are always thirsty for new stories. Like natural storytellers, they present amazing stories they have recently collected in front of their friends today. "Have you ever heard of this?" Even those who do not believe in conspiracy theories tend to find themselves "unusually falling for themselves" at some point when they encounter conspiracy theories by chance and are...
모던코리아
Character: Self (archive footage)
The documentary series were made to look back on Korea’s modern history. It tells stories of specific moments in time weaving together relevant video clips from news broadcasts, dramas, shows and other documentaries...
역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단
Character: Self
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연예인 매니저로 살아남기
Character: Self
Agents at a talent management firm tackle strong personalities and office politics while keeping their celebrity clients happy and helping them shine....
방구석1열
Character: Self
Movie meets humanities! This talk show/variety show for movie enthusiasts features interesting discussions by a writer and two movie directors where film and humanities intertwine....
Movie Credits
The Jang Sun-woo Variations
Character: Herself
Divided into chapters, the documentary examines Jang's career and films from many different angles and includes the voices not only of those who have worked with Jang but also of numerous ordinary Koreans who have been affected by his work. Individual chapters are devoted to such topics as Jang's idiosyncratic hairstyle and the controversy surrounding his previous feature Lies. The documentary tries to place Jang and his work in the widest possible social context, not only in the context of Kore...
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
Character: Herself
A documentary consisting of twenty-two Korean directors' interviews about Kim Ki-young and respect for his work and the influence...
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Character: Herself
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses....
Keeping the Vision Alive
Character: Herself
Keeping the Vision Alive is a documentary film containing the voices and images of Korean women filmmakers-both senior filmmakers and also the peers of director Yim. The film is Yim’s homage to both contemporary Korean women filmmakers, written by a filmmaker of the same age, and also to the history of women filmmakers in Korea. Yim does not reveal her own voice or opinion and lets the voices and images of the filmmakers speak for themselves through a non-interventionist camera. From the pioneer...