Jerry Ziesmer
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".

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Crew

Almost Famous (2000)
Associate Producer | First Assistant Director
Jerry Maguire (1996)
First Assistant Director
Secrets (1992)
First Assistant Director
Out for Justice (1991)
First Assistant Director
Marked for Death (1990)
First Assistant Director
Solar Crisis (1990)
First Assistant Director
Love at Large (1990)
First Assistant Director
Say Anything... (1989)
First Assistant Director
Midnight Run (1988)
First Assistant Director
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
First Assistant Director
Short Circuit (1986)
First Assistant Director
The River (1984)
First Assistant Director
Scarface (1983)
Assistant Director
Blue Thunder (1983)
First Assistant Director
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Assistant Director
1941 (1979)
First Assistant Director
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Assistant Director
Rocky II (1979)
First Assistant Director
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
Assistant Director
Black Sunday (1977)
Unit Production Manager | Assistant Director
"Mitchell"! (1975)
Assistant Director
Where Have All the People Gone (1974)
Assistant Director
Lost Horizon (1973)
Second Assistant Director
Something Big (1971)
Second Assistant Director
J.W. Coop (1971)
Second Assistant Director
The Great White Hope (1970)
Assistant Director