Mennan Yapo
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Mennan Yapo (born 1966) is a German director, screenwriter, producer and actor of Turkish extraction.
Born in Munich to Turkish parents, Yapo he 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).
1998/99 marks Yappo'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 2000, Yapo started working on his first full-length directing work, the thriller Lautlos (Your Arms In My Arms, DVD title Soundless). A German box-office success, 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. The initial critical response has been mostly negative.
[edit] Filmography
- 2007 Premonition - director
- 2004 Lautlos (Your Arms in My Arms/Soundless) - director
- 2003 Good bye, Lenin! - walk-on role
- 2001 Birthday - producer
- 1999 Framed - director
- 1996 The Pillow Book - walk-on role
- 1996 After Hours - producer
