Ronald K. Pierce (September 18, 1909 – March 5, 2008) was an American

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...

. He won an

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for

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and was nominated for two more in the same category. He died in 2008 at the age of 98.

Selected filmography

Pierce won an Academy Award and was nominated for two more: ;Won * ''

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'' (1974; co-won with Melvin Metcalfe Sr.) ;Nominated * ''

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'' (1970; co-nominated with David H. Moriarty) * ''

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'' (1973; co-nominated with Robert R. Bertrand)

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* 1909 births 2008 deaths American audio engineers Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners 20th-century American engineers {{US-audio-engineer-stub