Young-Joo Byun
director,writer,cinematographer
- Gender: Female
- Birthday: 1966-12-20 ( 58 years old )
- Place of Birth: South Korea
- Also Known As: 변영주 / Byeon Yeong-ju
- IMDB:nm1410208
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.