(June 16, 1938[3] – March 5, 2010) |
A former Texarkana, Arkansas advertising salesman, Pierce began making low budget films in the early 1970s. His first film, The Legend of Boggy Creek, became a modest hit and grossed approximately $20 million.[6] Pierce continued to make regional films, including a sequel to Boggy Creek entitled Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues in 1985.[7]
In addition to directing, Pierce has starred in several of his own films, including The Town That Dreaded Sundown and Boggy Creek II. He also served as a writer on the 1983 Clint Eastwood film, Sudden Impact.[8]
Pierce fell from the movie industry's public eye shortly after 1985's Boggy Creek II, slipping into relative obscurity until his 1997 interview with Fangoria magazine.[9] Ten years later, in an interview with the The Austin Chronicle, film directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks revealed they were in talks with Pierce to bring him aboard as a co-producer of The Wild Man of the Navidad, their homage to 70's drive-in creature features.[10] He reportedly turned them down because he instead wanted to direct the project, which was later released by IFC Films in 2009.[11][12]
Pierce died on March 5, 2010, at a Dover, Arkansas nursing home. He was 71. A cause of death was not immediately available.[13]
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