Chookiat Sakveerakul

Chookiat Sakveerakul
Chookiat at the premiere of The Love of Siam in November 2007
Born	1981 Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Other names	Ma-Deaw, Matthew
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter

Chookiat Sakveerakul (Thai: ชูเกียรติ ศักดิ์วีระกุล, rtgs: Chukiat Sakwirakun), born 1981 in Chiang Mai, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. He is also credited as Ma-Deaw Chukiatsakwirakul or Matthew Chukiat Sakwirakul.

Chookiat's first feature-length film was an ensemble drama, The Passenger of Li, which was an independent production. His next film was Pisaj, a 2004 horror film produced by Sahamongkol Film International. Chookiat garnered critical acclaim for this next film, 13 Beloved, a gritty drama about a deadly underground reality television game, which won several awards in Thailand and from film festivals.

He graduated from Montfort College in Chiang Mai.