Directed credits
10
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Byun Young-joo
Directing
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1.5
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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 2All crew credits: 10
TMDB ID: 42793
IMDb ID: nm1410208
Known for: Directing
Born: December 20, 1966
Age: 59
Place of birth: Seoul, South Korea
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1993 - 2025
Years active: 33
Average TMDB rating: 7.17
Wikidata: Q5004675
Also known as
Byeon Yeong-ju • Byun Young-joo
Frequent jobs
Director (9)Director of Photography (1)
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.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Byun Young-joo.
7.0
Helpless
Director
2012 Movie
6.4
Flying Boys
Director
2004 Movie
6.4
Repatriation
Director of Photography
2004 Movie
4.6
Ardor
Director
2002 Movie
5.5
My Own Breathing
Director
2000 Movie
5.0
Habitual Sadness
Director
1997 Movie
5.5
The Murmuring
Director
1995 Movie
A Woman Being in Asia
Director
1993 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Byun Young-joo.
Movies
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4.6
Ardor
Director
2002 Movie
7.0
Helpless
Director
2012 Movie
6.4
Flying Boys
Director
2004 Movie
5.2
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
as Self
2012 Movie
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
as Self
2007 Movie
5.0
Habitual Sadness
Director
1997 Movie
5.5
The Murmuring
Director
1995 Movie
Keeping the Vision Alive
as Herself
2002 Movie
The Jang Sun-woo Variations
as Self
2001 Movie
5.5
My Own Breathing
Director
2000 Movie
6.4
Repatriation
Director of Photography
2004 Movie
A Woman Being in Asia
Director
1993 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Byun Young-joo.
7.3
Queen Mantis
Director • 8 eps
2025 Series
9.2
Movie Room
as Self • 173 eps
2018 Series
7.3
Behind Every Star
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
8.5
Black Out
Director • 14 eps
2024 Series
10.0
Modern Korea
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2019 Series
While you are tempted
37 eps
2021 Series
역습: 팩추얼 웹툰 창작단
as Self • 4 eps
2022 Series
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Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Byun Young-joo.