Jerry Ziesmer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 31, 1939
- Died
- August 1, 2021 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- 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".
Known For
Filmography

Almost Famous
Movie · First Assistant Director

Jerry Maguire
Movie · First Assistant Director

Solar Crisis
Movie · First Assistant Director

Secrets
Movie · First Assistant Director

Out for Justice
Movie · First Assistant Director

Love at Large
Movie · First Assistant Director

Marked for Death
Movie · First Assistant Director

Say Anything...
Movie · First Assistant Director

Midnight Run
Movie · First Assistant Director

Some Kind of Wonderful
Movie · First Assistant Director

Short Circuit
Movie · First Assistant Director

American Flyers
Movie · Assistant Director

The River
Movie · First Assistant Director

Blue Thunder
Movie · First Assistant Director

Scarface
Movie · First Assistant Director

History of the World: Part I
Movie · Assistant Director

1941
Movie · First Assistant Director

Apocalypse Now
Movie · Assistant Director

Rocky II
Movie · First Assistant Director

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Movie · Assistant Director

Black Sunday
Movie · Assistant Director

Mitchell
Movie · Assistant Director

Where Have All the People Gone
Movie · Assistant Director

Lost Horizon
Movie · Second Assistant Director

J.W. Coop
Movie · Second Assistant Director

Something Big
Movie · Second Assistant Director

Honky
Movie · Assistant Director

The Great White Hope
Movie · Assistant Director