Creative Guardian / Creative Director on assignment to QIDDIYA ENTERTAINMENT & AQUARABIA THEMED WATER PARK, Saudi Arabia. Creative Guardian for Falcon’s master plan design and delivery. On site responsibilities include: 3D development, Aconex construction drawing packages for themed facility buildings, very large animal icon character sculpture supervision, rockwork carving, show set scenic and props. Integration between themed facility construction, MEP, show lighting, waterfall flow effects, AV, and 4K media projection mapping. Additional direction for themed graphics, signage, color design, water flume ride systems, 80 meter tall rockwork mountain, caves, restaurants and animated show media.

Transformers Land Art Director for Universal Beijing Resort during construction in Beijing, China.March 2015 to February 2021: supervising art director position focused on concept development, schematic, design development, construction drawing packages for themed facility buildings, area development and attraction scenic showsets. Guidance of design and integration between ride systems, facility construction, MEP, special effects, show action equipment, animatronics, and show lighting, AV and 4K / 8K attraction media. Major attractions based on the Hasbro Transformers IP, world class dark ride, roller coaster, full scale robots, retail and F&B. Creative guidance and vision keeper for the land, IP and Universal brand. Daily meetings, ongoing discussions and travel with international stakeholders, senior management, vendors, general contractors and on-site installation teams. "Working for Universal Creative for the last 6 years on the Universal Beijing Resort has given me the opportunity to develop and achieve creative packages at all levels. This includes: blue sky concept, key art, detail design drawings, themed attraction showsets, F&B, retail, construction drawings and finished 4K media."

Project Manager / Field Art Director with Falcon's Treehouse on assignment to IMG Worlds of Adventure Theme Park at the City of Arabia. Currently under construction.

Project Manager for Falcon's Treehouse on assignment to Chimelong's new theme park: Hengqin Ocean Kingdom. Assisted in the completion and grand opening of the themed attraction: Deep Sea Odyssey Dark Ride.

Participated in the construction of the Ba Na Hills Fantasy Park - a themed entertainment and hospitality complex near Danang, Vietnam.As the Art Director, I supervised large crews of designers, sculptors, prop-makers, fabricators and scenic artists to complete the interior and exterior of a 270,000 square foot themed castle. Built on a mountaintop and accessible by a 40 minute cable car ride, the project is one of many under construction by Sun Group, Intl. The style is gothic/steampunk based on the stories of Jules Verne, the famed French science fiction author. 2010, Bangkok, Thailand, I assisted KHS&S creative director, Bernardo Munoz and his team of illustrators, scenic designers, and architects. We created a 700 page scenic design package for the Ba Na Hills Fantasy Park.Drawing package included: Exterior design, all surfaces and finishes; Interior design, floorplans, theming, attractions, characters, traffic flow and queue, retail, commercial, facilities, windows, doors, joinery, graphics, signage, and show lighting.

Motion graphic design and delivery through Adobe After Effects and Photoshop. Three versions of corporate promotional video for alternative energy / biotech start up company. Edited and delivered through Avid MC.

Visual effects department for Bruce Willis sci-fi thriller motion picture. On set activities include data collection for multiple cameraset-ups, green screen elements, set extensions and 3-D animationsequences. VFX Supervisor: Mark Stetson, VFX Producer: Mike Chambers. Disney/Touchstone Pictures, Boston, Massuchusetts.

Computer Graphics / Art Department. Multiple college level classes: Computer Graphics I & II, Photoshop, 3-D Character Animation, and Multi-media. Lab environment with 18 x Mac G5 OSX desktops, software included: Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, Painter IX, e-frontier Poser 6, Flash 8, Final Cut Xpress, Avid Media Composer. Art Dept Dean: DR. BARBARA KEIM

Color correction, balance and grading of archival footage based feature length documentary on Final Cut Pro. Also assisted in marketing strategy for domestic theatrical and DVD release. Director/ producer: Prof. Bruce Geisler / Univ. Of Mass. Amherst, Mass Communications Dept.

Feature film, 90 min., 35mm, romantic comedy. Television and DVD releases through KOAN INC., SPARROWHAWK & NBC/UNIVERSAL, LATIN PAY-TV, HBO EUROPE, NETFLIX, RED DIST. (subsidiary of SONY), VICTORY MULTIMEDIA, BAKER & TAYLOR, AMAZON.COM. 24 territories worldwide. Film Festival Awards & screenings: HOUSTON WORLDFEST, FIRST GLANCE, TIBURON INT’L FF, ANNAPOLIS FF.see the trailer at www.koaninc.com, youtube or myspacetv

REVENGE OF THE MUMMY - dark ride. 6 x Dropping Mummy Warriors: decayed skeletal attacking animatronic figures for new theme park ride. Themed animatronic fabrication, design and contract supervision AETFX and UNIVERSAL STUDIOS TOUR, Hollywood, USA.

A.I - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, Steven Spielberg’s 2001 Kubrickian sci-fi film. Niels was part of a small crew of special effects modelmakers and fabricators who designed, built and on-set tech'd the featured full scale robot character, THE GARDNER. Niels also designed and executed the "Flesh Fair" torture /destruction sequence for THE GARDNER. Creature Effects Supervisor: STAN WINSTON, Crew Chief: David Merritt and Alan Scott. see Niels' VFX reel on www.nielsnielsen.com

Art Director and Project Manager for special venue touring attraction. 10,000 sq ft interior sets of the Star Trek Enterprise D spacecraft; played in Dusseldorf, London and Singapore. Supervised set designers to completion of 200 page blueprint package, supervised construction coordinators in special effects scene shop to delivery of show. Executive in charge: Mike Ivey, Production Designer: Herman Zimmerman.

special effects, art department, miniatures, props, sets

Luc Besson's THE FIFTH ELEMENT. Niels supervised design, development, scheduling, construction, scenic and stage support of all miniatures for motion control photography and CGI comp elements. Crew of 60 model makers, artists, sculptors, coordinators, riggers and miniature lighting technicians. 9 months daily interface with viz efx supervisor, director of efx photography, moco camera, CGI, art director and producer. DIGITAL DOMAIN Visual Effects Supervisor: Mark Stetson (1998 BAFTA Award for Visual Effects)

Supervised scenic painters with on-site themed paint aging and faux finishes.