Worked as a weatherman and host of a children's cartoon show for KTAL-TV in Shreveport, LA. Later started an advertising company in Texarkana, TX.
According to a 2008 interview with the "Austin Chronicle," directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks were in talks with Pierce to bring him aboard as a co-producer of The Wild Man of the Navidad (2008), an homage to '70s drive-in creature features. He reportedly turned them down because he instead wanted to direct the project, which was later released by IFC Films.
Made home movies as a youngster in his backyard, using an old 8mm camera.
