Jerry Ziesmer
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-05-31
Day of Death
2021-08-01 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Jerry Ziesmer
Biography
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".
Acting
(1996)
Jerry Maguire
as Trainer
(1989)
Say Anything...
as U.S. Attorney
(1983)
Blue Thunder
as Pilot
(1982)
(1979)
Apocalypse Now
as Jerry, Civilian
(1979)
Rocky II
as Salesman (uncredited)
(1978)
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
as Eddie of Network
Crew
(2000)
Almost Famous
Associate Producer, First Assistant Director
(1996)
Jerry Maguire
First Assistant Director
(1992)
Solar Crisis
First Assistant Director
(1992)
Secrets
First Assistant Director
(1991)
Out for Justice
First Assistant Director
(1990)
Love at Large
First Assistant Director
(1990)
Marked for Death
First Assistant Director
(1989)
Say Anything...
First Assistant Director
(1988)
Midnight Run
First Assistant Director
(1987)
Some Kind of Wonderful
First Assistant Director
(1986)
Short Circuit
First Assistant Director
(1985)
American Flyers
Assistant Director
(1984)
The River
First Assistant Director
(1983)
Blue Thunder
First Assistant Director
(1983)
Scarface
Assistant Director
(1981)
History of the World: Part I
Assistant Director
(1979)
1941
First Assistant Director
(1979)
Apocalypse Now
Assistant Director
(1979)
Rocky II
First Assistant Director
(1978)
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Assistant Director
(1977)
Black Sunday
Assistant Director, Unit Production Manager
(1975)
Mitchell
Assistant Director
(1974)
J.W. Coop
Second Assistant Director
(1974)
Where Have All the People Gone
Assistant Director
(1973)
Lost Horizon
Second Assistant Director
(1971)
Something Big
Second Assistant Director
(1970)
The Great White Hope
Assistant Director