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Jerry Ziesmer

1939 - 2021 (age 82) • Directing

Born: 5/31/1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died: 8/1/2021 (age 82)

Known for: Directing

Jerry Ziesmer

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

Scarface

82%

First Assistant Director

1983

Apocalypse Now

83%

Assistant Director

1979

Rocky II

73%

First Assistant Director

1979

Jerry Maguire

70%

First Assistant Director

1996

Almost Famous

75%

Associate Producer

2000

Short Circuit

67%

First Assistant Director

1986

Midnight Run

72%

First Assistant Director

1988

Say Anything...

70%

First Assistant Director

1989

Almost Famous

75%

Associate Producer

2000

Almost Famous

75%

First Assistant Director

2000

Jerry Maguire

70%

Trainer

1996

Jerry Maguire

70%

First Assistant Director

1996

Singles

64%

Councilman Jordan Fisher

1992

Solar Crisis

45%

First Assistant Director

1992

Secrets

50%

First Assistant Director

1992

Out for Justice

62%

First Assistant Director

1991

Marked for Death

61%

First Assistant Director

1990

Love at Large

50%

First Assistant Director

1990

Say Anything...

70%

U.S. Attorney

1989

Say Anything...

70%

First Assistant Director

1989

Midnight Run

72%

First Assistant Director

1988

Some Kind of Wonderful

68%

First Assistant Director

1987

Short Circuit

67%

First Assistant Director

1986

American Flyers

62%

Assistant Director

1985

The River

64%

First Assistant Director

1984

Scarface

82%

First Assistant Director

1983

Blue Thunder

62%

Pilot

1983

Blue Thunder

62%

First Assistant Director

1983

Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical

70%

Self

1982

History of the World: Part I

68%

Assistant Director

1981

1941

58%

First Assistant Director

1979

Rocky II

73%

Salesman (uncredited)

1979

Rocky II

73%

First Assistant Director

1979

Apocalypse Now

83%

Jerry, Civilian

1979

Apocalypse Now

83%

Assistant Director

1979

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

48%

Eddie of Network

1978