2002Nominee
Best Director
Ardor
Byun Young-joo
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Seoul, South Korea
December 20, 1966
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2012Nominee
Best Director
Helpless
2001Winner
Best Performance
The Jang Sun-woo Variations
Career Highlights
2004Highlight
Best Director
Flying Boys
2012Highlight
Best Performance
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
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Ardor
Helpless
Women Behind the Camera