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Mennan Yapo is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Allemand born on 1 january 1966 at Munich (German)

Mennan Yapo

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Nationality German
Birth 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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Filmography of Mennan Yapo (4 films)

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Actor

Good Bye, Lenin!, 2h1
Directed by Wolfgang Becker
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Tchoulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Alexander Beyer, Florian Lukas
Rating76% 3.8484153.8484153.8484153.8484153.848415
In a prologue, Alex Kerner (Nico Ledermüller) recalls how proud he was as a child in 1978 when the first German to enter space, Sigmund Jähn, came from East Germany (the GDR).
The Pillow Book, 2h6
Directed by Peter Greenaway
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Ken Ogata, Yoshi Oida, Hideko Yoshida, Ronald Guttman
Rating64% 3.2493953.2493953.2493953.2493953.249395
The film's title, "The Pillow Book", refers to an ancient Japanese diary written by Sei Shōnagon, actual name believed to be Kiyohara Nagiko, from whence the protagonist's name in the film.

Director

Premonition, 1h40
Directed by Mennan Yapo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Time travel films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Nia Long, Kate Nelligan, Amber Valletta, Peter Stormare
Rating59% 2.9535252.9535252.9535252.9535252.953525
After Jim (Julian McMahon) surprises his wife Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock) with a new house, they have two daughters, Megan (Shyann McClure) and Bridgette (Courtney Taylor Burness). While Jim is away on a business trip, Linda is left to take care of the girls.
Soundless
Soundless (2004)
, 1h34
Directed by Mennan Yapo
Origin German
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Joachim Król, Nadja Uhl, Christian Berkel, Rudolf Martin, Lisa Martinek, Wilhelm Manske
Rating64% 3.2452953.2452953.2452953.2452953.245295
Victor est un tueur à gage parfait qui a la réputation de travailler méticuleusement et silencieusement. Une nuit, sur le site d'un contrat, il laisse la vie à une jeune femme blonde dont il tombe amoureux ; le lendemain, il lui sauve même la vie. Nina le retrouve mais elle met aussi sur sa piste Lang, le meilleur profiler de la police. Il leur devient alors difficile d'échapper ensemble à la police avec laquelle commence un jeu du chat et de la souris.

Scriptwriter

Soundless
Soundless (2004)
, 1h34
Directed by Mennan Yapo
Origin German
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Joachim Król, Nadja Uhl, Christian Berkel, Rudolf Martin, Lisa Martinek, Wilhelm Manske
Roles Story
Rating64% 3.2452953.2452953.2452953.2452953.245295
Victor est un tueur à gage parfait qui a la réputation de travailler méticuleusement et silencieusement. Une nuit, sur le site d'un contrat, il laisse la vie à une jeune femme blonde dont il tombe amoureux ; le lendemain, il lui sauve même la vie. Nina le retrouve mais elle met aussi sur sa piste Lang, le meilleur profiler de la police. Il leur devient alors difficile d'échapper ensemble à la police avec laquelle commence un jeu du chat et de la souris.