Born in 1943 in San Diego, Richard Pearce went east to high school, attending
St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He attended Yale University where he earned a B.A. in English in 1965 and where he met
D.A. Pennebaker. He moved to New York City and worked with Pennebaker and
Richard Leacock on several documentaries. ==Accolades==