Career
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). Yapo"s Hollywood directing debut, the drama film Premonition, starring Sandra Bullock, was released to cinemas in March 2007 and grossed 85m$ worldwide.
