Mennan Yapo

Who is Mennan Yapo?

Mennan Yapo 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.

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. 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".