Mennan Yapo
Mennan Yapo (born 1966 in Munich) is a German film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor of Turkish descent.
Life
Yapo was born to Turkish parents in Munich. Since 1988 he has been in various activities in the film industry, initially in assistantships as well as in marketing.
Since 1995 he works as a writer and producer as well as occasionally as an actor in supporting roles - in The Pillow Book (Peter Greenaway, 1996) and Good Bye, Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker, 2003).
1998/99 Yapo first appeared as a director in appearance. His debut, the short film Framed, was nominated for the German Film Award and was represented at many national and international festivals.
As of 2000 Yapo worked as a director on his first, produced by Tom Tykwer Feature film - the thriller Silence of the 2004 success in the German cinema was internationally and attracted attention in the criticism.
In March 2007 Yapo's first Hollywood directorial effort was launched, the film grossed Drama Premonition ( Premonition ) with Sandra Bullock in the lead role, which was a box office success in the U.S. and worldwide more than 85 million U.S. dollars. Currently Yapo prepares the post-apocalyptic thriller " Gunslinger " with Josh Hartnett in the lead role and the political thriller "The Ambassador ".