During school years Andrew 'Cheeser' Lawson had been fascinated with computer game development and admired 3D animation from pioneer John Lasseter who founded Pixar. Andrew often sneaked out of school to play Capcom's 1990 gun arcade game 'MERCS', and it consequently affected his graduation. He was ultimately inspired to work in CG Animation after watching "Jurassic Park", and immediately started his education in animation at Vancouver Film School from 1997 to 1998.