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Singaporean computer graphics artist

Nickson Fong (born 1969)^[2] is a Singaporean computer graphics artist and the first Singaporean to receive an Academy Award.^[3]

Early life

Sent by his father for art lessons since three,^[2] Fong studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design after getting a diploma at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts; he graduated from the college in 1994.^[3] Prior to him obtaining his master's degree in computer art at Savannah,^[4] Fong studied at Saint Andrew's Secondary School.

There, he was a "school dropout who flunked his exams every year."^[3] His school's principal, the late Mr. Harry Tan Ho Swee, was quoted as telling Fong's mother:

Your son is useless. If he can find a job in McDonald's earning $1 an hour, please find him a job^[3]

Career

Early career in Japan

Fong's first animation job was at Future Pirates in 1993,^[1] a Japanese game deve William Shakespeare: Biography, Early Life, Career & Poems NYM