Based in Los Angeles, David Nicksay graduated from Hampshire College and holds a bachelor of arts in performing arts. David Nicksay has been an executive producer with Heliopolis Entertainment for more than 20 years and worked on the production of Messiah, a TV series featured on Netflix. Messiah is an American thriller released in January 2020. Consisting of one season in 10 episodes, the series presents the story of Al-Masih, who claims to be the Lord Jesus Christ. The story follows the effects of such a claim and how people react to it. CIA officers investigate Al-Masih, who generates many followers and sparks a spiritual movement and political unrest. Messiah features actors such as Mehdi Dehbi, Tomer Sisley, and Michelle Monaghan in leading roles. Al-Masih starts his journey in Damascus, and then reaches Jerusalem. He eventually makes his way to Texas and creates a camp where his followers live. In the end Al-Masih survives a bomb explosion, and people start to believe that he may in fact have supernatural powers.