# Mathias Woo

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{{Short description|Hong Kong playwright and artist (born 1968)}}
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| 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](/source/Oriental_Daily_News) |access-date=15 April 2026 |language=zh}}</ref>
| alma_mater         = [University of Hong Kong](/source/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](/source/Architectural_Association_School_of_Architecture)<ref name="TheInterview" />
| occupation         = {{hlist|Playwright|Screenwriter|Artist}}
| awards             = [28th Hong Kong Film Awards](/source/28th_Hong_Kong_Film_Awards) - [Best Screenplay](/source/Hong_Kong_Film_Award_for_Best_Screenplay)
}}
'''Mathias Woo Yan Wai''' ({{lang-zh|t=胡恩威}}; born 1968) is a Hong Kong playwright, [screenwriter](/source/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](/source/Asia_Television) in Hong Kong to produce and host a series of&nbsp;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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Run_Papa_Run)'', the screenplay Woo co-wrote with Chan Suk Yin and [Sylvia Chang](/source/Sylvia_Chang), was nominated as the Best Screenplay in the [28th Hong Kong Film Awards](/source/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>

==References==
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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]
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Category:Living people
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Category:Hong Kong designers
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