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 WorldFest-Houston Platinum Award Independent Theatrical Feature Films & Videos - Suspense/Thriller 2004 Lautlos

Mennan Yapo (born 1966) is an award winning German director, screenwriter, producer and actor of Turkish descent.

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 Lautlos (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 has grossed 85m$ world-wide. He is currently working on the post-apocalyptic action thriller Gunslinger starring Josh Hartnett and the political thriller "The Ambassador".

Filmography

• 2012 The Ambassador
• 2011 Gunslinger - director
• 2007 Premonition - director
• 2004 Lautlos (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

Awards

• 2005 Cognac Festival du Film Policier - Won: Special Jury Prize for: Lautlos (2004)
• 2005 WorldFest Houston - Won: Platinum Award Independent Theatrical Feature Films & Videos - Suspense/Thriller for: Lautlos (2004)
• 1999 German Short Film Award - Nominated: Short Film Award in Gold for: Framed (1999)

External links

• Mennan Yapo at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.mennanyapo.com

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Name	Yapo, Mennan
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Date of birth	1966
Place of birth	Munich, Germany
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