Founder, Egg Story (Singapore)

Graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 1994, Nickson first started as a CG Animator for Future Pirates, a games developer in Tokyo, Japan.
 

In 1996, Nickson joined DreamWorks SKG and was one of the first few CG Animators involved in the early pre-production for "Shrek", which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2001. In the late 1990s, Nickson worked with several of Hollywood's largest and renowned visual effects companies; including Sony Picture Imageworks, where he was the Lead Compositor for "Starship Troopers" (Academy Award nominee for Achievement in Visual Effects in 1997). At Centropolis Effects, where he was Lead Light/Render Technical Director for "Godzilla" and "The 13th Floor," Technical Supervisor for "Stuart Little" (Academy Award nominee for Achievement in Visual Effects in 1999), Nickson also supervised a team of FX technical directors and headed up the effects department for "The Patriot" (Academy Award nominee for Best Cinematography, Music and Sound in 2000) and Senior Technical Director for "8 Legged Freaks" and "The Scorpion King". At ESC Entertainment, Nickson was FX Technical Director for "The Matrix Reloaded" and Shot Development Technical Director on "The Matrix Revolutions", sequels to "The Matrix".

For years, Nickson carried a passionate dream to make his own animated feature, which only continued to grow as time went on. This dream led him back to his hometown in Singapore, where he founded Egg Story Creative Production (ESCP). After years of dedicated hard work and difficult times, "Kungfu Gecko" was born - an epic animated feature filled with adventure, comedy, and romance, set to be released in 2009.

A firm believer in the importance of training and education, Nickson also founded a new school dedicated to animation and filmmaking - the Egg Story Digital Arts Academy (ESDAA).