Mennan Yapo
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| Born | Mennan Yapıcıoğlu 1966 Munich, Germany |
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| Occupation | Director, screenwriter, producer, actor. | ||||||
| Years active | 1996 - present | ||||||
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Mennan Yapo (born 1966, birth name Mennan Yapıcıoğlu) 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).
1998/99 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 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 mixed.
[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
[edit] 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)
