변영주
1966 – Present
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.
Baeksang Arts Awards · Best Director (2012) · Winner
Buil Film Awards · Best Actress (2012) · Winner
Baeksang Arts Awards · Best Actress (2012) · Nominee
Baeksang Arts Awards · Best Film (2012) · Nominee
2.4 million admissions — Byun Young-joo's biggest commercial hit
Blue Dragon Film Awards · Best Actress (2002) · Winner
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival · Ogawa Shinsuke Prize (1995) · Winner
First of a trilogy documenting testimonies of Korean survivors of Japanese wartime military sexual slavery — the first Korean documentary to get a major theatrical release
Byun Young-joo's documentary debut on sex tourism in Jeju directly led her to the trilogy on survivors of Japanese military sexual slavery that began with The Murmuring
