Mennan Yapo is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Allemand born on 1 january 1966 at Munich (German)
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Nationality GermanBirth 1 january 1966 (58 years) at Munich (
German)
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". Biography
Né à Munich de parents turcs, il est dans le monde du cinéma depuis 1988, ayant commencé dans des petits jobs d'assistant et la publicité.
À partir de 1995, il s'engage comme scénariste et producteur, ainsi que comme acteur (dans le film The Pillow Book de Peter Greenaway en 1996, ou dans le Good Bye, Lenin! de Wolfgang Becker en 2003).
1999 est l'année de sa première réalisation. Son court Framed, a été nommé en vue du Deutscher Filmpreis et montré à plusieurs festivals internationaux.
En 2002, il se lance dans son premier long-métrage, Lautlos (Soundless). Succès au box-office success allemand en 2004, et qui acquiert une reconnaissance internationale.
Ses débuts à Hollywood se font avec Prémonitions avec Sandra Bullock, sorti en mars 2007, et qui a été un succès économique.
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