{{Short description|Hong Kong playwright and artist (born 1968)}} {{Infobox person | name = Mathias Woo Yan Wai | image = Mathias Woo.jpg | caption = Woo in November 2013 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://orientaldaily.on.cc/archive/20060730/fea/fea_b1cnt.html |title=胡恩威灣仔旅遊特輯之 點解重建咁（羅）膽？ |date=30 July 2006 |website=Oriental Daily News |access-date=15 April 2026 |language=zh}}</ref> | alma_mater = University of Hong Kong<ref name="TheInterview">{{Cite web |url=https://theinterview.asia/people/176107/ |title=“进念·二十面体”总裁胡恩威：消费时代，我们都在吃文化垃圾 |date=6 May 2025 |website=The Interview |author=王茜 |access-date=15 April 2026 |language=zh}}</ref><br>Architectural Association School of Architecture<ref name="TheInterview" /> | occupation = {{hlist|Playwright|Screenwriter|Artist}} | awards = 28th Hong Kong Film Awards - Best Screenplay }} '''Mathias Woo Yan Wai''' ({{lang-zh|t=胡恩威}}; born 1968) is a Hong Kong playwright, screenwriter, and artist. He is the co-artistic director and executive director of the avant-garde art group Zuni Icosahedron.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-21 |title=Mathias Woo |url=https://www.scmp.com/author/mathias-woo |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> From 2011 to 2014 he was commissioned by Asia Television in Hong Kong to produce and host a series of current and political affairs TV talk shows, included ''I Want to Be Chief Executive'' and ''Asia Policy Unit,''. He also produced and directed the political comedy ''East Wing West Wing TV'' in that period.<ref name="SCMP-interview">{{Cite web |date=2008-11-20 |title=Zuni Icosacheon's Mathias Woo |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2030299/zuni-icosacheons-mathias-woo |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> In 2009 he founded Hong Kong's Architecture is Art Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mathias Woo - 2ⁿᵈ Art Macao |url=https://www.artmacao.mo/2021/en/artistDetail/190 |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=www.artmacao.mo}}</ref> In 2007, ''Happy Birthday'', the screenplay Woo co-wrote with Sylvia Chang, was nominated as the Best Screenplay in the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Nominees and Awardees of The 26th Hong Kong Film Awards |url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist26.html |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Hong Kong Film Awards}}</ref> In 2008, ''Run Papa Run'', the screenplay Woo co-wrote with Chan Suk Yin and Sylvia Chang, was nominated as the Best Screenplay in the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title= List of Nominees and Awardees of The 28th Hong Kong Film Awards |url=https://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist28.html |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Hong Kong Film Awards}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://zuni.org.hk/education/team/%E8%83%A1%E6%81%A9%E5%A8%81/?lang=en-US Profile at Zuni Icosahedron] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Woo, Mathias}} Category:Living people Category:1968 births Category:Hong Kong designers Category:Hong Kong screenwriters