Jerry Ziesmer

Jerry Ziesmer

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

31/05/1939

Day of Death

01/08/2021
(82) years old

Place of Birth

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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".

Filmography

Cast

1996

Jerry Maguire

as Trainer

1989

Say Anything...

as U.S. Attorney

1983

Blue Thunder

as Pilot

1979

Rocky II

as Salesman (uncredited)

1979

Apocalypse Now

as Jerry, Civilian

1978

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

as Eddie of Network

Crew

2000

Almost Famous

as First Assistant Director

2000

Almost Famous

as Associate Producer

1996

Jerry Maguire

as First Assistant Director

1992

Solar Crisis

as First Assistant Director

1992

Secrets

as First Assistant Director

1991

Out for Justice

as First Assistant Director

1990

Marked for Death

as First Assistant Director

1990

Love at Large

as First Assistant Director

1989

Say Anything...

as First Assistant Director

1988

Midnight Run

as First Assistant Director

1987

Some Kind of Wonderful

as First Assistant Director

1986

Short Circuit

as First Assistant Director

1985

American Flyers

as Assistant Director

1984

The River

as First Assistant Director

1983

Scarface

as Assistant Director

1983

Blue Thunder

as First Assistant Director

1981

History of the World: Part I

as Assistant Director

1979

1941

as First Assistant Director

1979

Rocky II

as First Assistant Director

1979

Apocalypse Now

as Assistant Director

1978

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

as Assistant Director

1977

Black Sunday

as Unit Production Manager

1977

Black Sunday

as Assistant Director

1975

Mitchell

as Assistant Director

1974

Where Have All the People Gone

as Assistant Director

1974

J.W. Coop

as Second Assistant Director

1973

Lost Horizon

as Second Assistant Director

1971

Something Big

as Second Assistant Director

1970

The Great White Hope

as Assistant Director