The World Fellows

Creative Director, Studio Wong Huzir; Joint Artistic Director, Checkpoint Theatre, Singapore

Huzir Sulaiman works across different media, art forms, and genres, telling stories that allow people to access complex ideas in simple, personal, human ways. He is the Creative Director of Studio Wong Huzir, a brand communications consultancy, and a Joint Artistic Director of Checkpoint Theatre, which the Financial Times (UK) called “a repository of much of [Singapore’s] best stage talent.” A celebrated playwright, his plays include the internationally acclaimed satire Atomic Jaya (1998), which asks what would happen if Malaysia decided to build an atomic bomb, and The Weight of Silk on Skin (2011), a meditation on women, beauty, love and loss. Sulaiman also writes for film, television and newspapers, and teaches playwriting at the National University of Singapore. As a brand communications consultant, he has worked as the Creative Director of the observation deck on the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, and recently completed a book on the history of Temasek Holdings, the US$147 billion investment firm owned by the Singapore government.

Media:

When life brings a carbon copy, TheAge.com.au, February 7, 2012

TEDx Talk (video): Mentoring Creativity, TEDxYaleWorldFellows, April 2011

Gaza:  A View from Cairo.  The Star (Malaysia), January 11, 2009.

A Kashmiri Perspective. The Star (Malaysia), November 30, 2008.

Welcome Back, America. We've Missed You. The Huffington Post, November 13, 2008.

Netcast (audio): Playwright Huzir Sulaiman, November 7, 2007.  Click here for Netcast >>