Mennan Yapo (born 1966) is a German director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
Mennan Yapo | |
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| Born | 1966 |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter, producer, actor. |
| Years active | 1996 - present |
| Awards | Cognac Festival du Film Policier Special Jury Prize 2004 Lautlos |
Born in Munich to Turkish parents, Yapo has been in the film business since 1988, working in various assistant jobs and as a publicist at first.
From 1995, Yapo worked as a screenwriter and producer, as well as a supporting actor (in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, 1996, and Wolfgang Becker's Good Bye Lenin!, 2003).
1999 marked Yapo's first outing as a director. His directing debut, the short subject Framed, was nominated for the Deutscher Filmpreis and shown at numerous international festivals.
In 2002, Yapo started working on his first full-length directing work, the thriller Soundless which became a German box-office success in 2004. It also won international critical acclaim.
Yapo's Hollywood directing debut, the drama film Premonition, starring Sandra Bullock, was released to cinemas in March 2007 and grossed $85 million worldwide.
Filmography
editDirector
- 1999: Framed (short film)
- 2004: Soundless
- 2007: Premonition
Producer
- 1996: After Hours
- 1999: Framed
- 2001: Birth:day
- 2013: Planet USA
Actor
- 1996: The Pillow Book, as "Café Typo" Manager
- 2003: Good Bye, Lenin!, as Flea Market Vendor
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