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Mennan Yapo

Mennan Yapo was born in Munich to Turkish parents, Yapo has been in the film business since 1988, working in various assistant jobs and as a publicist at first. From 1995, Yapo 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 marked Yapo's first outing as a director.

Mennan Yapo

Name
Mennan Yapo
Born
1966
Occupation
Director, screenwriter, producer, actor.
Birthplace
Munich, Germany
Awards
Cognac Festival du Film Policier Special Jury Prize 2004 Lautlos
Nationality
Germany · West Germany
Fields
film direction · film acting · film production · film screenwriting
Languages
German · English

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Mennan Yapo was born in Munich to Turkish parents, Yapo has been in the film business since 1988, working in various assistant jobs and as a publicist at first. From 1995, Yapo 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 marked Yapo's first outing as a director.

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