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          Mr Nickson Fong graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts with a diploma in graphic design, did a master s degree in computer art in the.

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          6. Nickson Fong

          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