Directing
Jerry Ziesmer
EN cinema · 30 credits
Born
31 May 1939
Died
1 August 2021 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Jerry Ziesmer (May 31, 1939 – August 1, 2021) was an American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor. He is best known for his role as Jerry in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now in which he delivers the infamous line "terminate with extreme prejudice".
Known for
Filmography

Almost Famous
First Assistant Director, Associate Producer

Jerry Maguire
as Trainer, First Assistant Director

Singles
as Councilman Jordan Fisher

Solar Crisis
First Assistant Director

Secrets
First Assistant Director

Out for Justice
First Assistant Director

Love at Large
First Assistant Director

Marked for Death
First Assistant Director

Say Anything...
as U.S. Attorney, First Assistant Director

Midnight Run
First Assistant Director

Some Kind of Wonderful
First Assistant Director

Short Circuit
First Assistant Director

American Flyers
Assistant Director

The River
First Assistant Director

Blue Thunder
as Pilot, First Assistant Director

Scarface
First Assistant Director

History of the World: Part I
Assistant Director

Apocalypse Now
as Jerry, Civilian, Assistant Director

Rocky II
as Salesman (uncredited), First Assistant Director

1941
First Assistant Director

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
as Eddie of Network, Assistant Director

Black Sunday
Unit Production Manager, Assistant Director

Mitchell
Assistant Director

Where Have All the People Gone
Assistant Director

Lost Horizon
Second Assistant Director

J.W. Coop
Second Assistant Director

Something Big
Second Assistant Director

Honky
Assistant Director

The Great White Hope
Assistant Director


