Mennan Yapo

Mennan Yapo
Mennan Yapo
Born	1966; Munich, Germany
Occupation	Director, screenwriter, producer, actor.
Years active	1996 - present
Awards	Cognac Festival du Film Policier; Special Jury Prize; 2004 Lautlos

Mennan Yapo (born 1966) is a German director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

Born in Munich to Turkish parents, Yapo has been in the film business since 1988, at first working in various assistant jobs and as a publicist.

From 1995, Yapo has 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 marks 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. 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

Director

1999: Framed
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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