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
(1983)
Assistant Director
Rocky II
(1979)
First Assistant Director
Almost Famous
(2000)
First Assistant Director
Apocalypse Now
(1979)
Assistant Director
"Mitchell"!
(1975)
Assistant Director
Jerry Maguire
(1996)
First Assistant Director
Blue Thunder
(1983)
First Assistant Director
Say Anything...
(1989)
First Assistant Director
Short Circuit
(1986)
First Assistant Director
Midnight Run
(1988)
First Assistant Director
The River
(1984)
First Assistant Director
Out for Justice
(1991)
First Assistant Director
1941
(1979)
First Assistant Director
Black Sunday
(1977)
Assistant Director
Lost Horizon
(1973)
Second Assistant Director
Solar Crisis
(1990)
First Assistant Director
Full Filmography
Directing
The Great White Hope
(1970)
Assistant Director
Something Big
(1971)
Second Assistant Director
J.W. Coop
(1971)
Second Assistant Director
Lost Horizon
(1973)
Second Assistant Director
Where Have All the People Gone
(1974)
Assistant Director
"Mitchell"!
(1975)
Assistant Director
Black Sunday
(1977)
Assistant Director
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
(1978)
Assistant Director
Apocalypse Now
(1979)
Assistant Director
Rocky II
(1979)
First Assistant Director
1941
(1979)
First Assistant Director
History of the World: Part I
(1981)
Assistant Director
Scarface
(1983)
Assistant Director
Blue Thunder
(1983)
First Assistant Director
The River
(1984)
First Assistant Director
Short Circuit
(1986)
First Assistant Director
Some Kind of Wonderful
(1987)
First Assistant Director
Midnight Run
(1988)
First Assistant Director
Say Anything...
(1989)
First Assistant Director
Love at Large
(1990)
First Assistant Director
Solar Crisis
(1990)
First Assistant Director
Marked for Death
(1990)
First Assistant Director
Out for Justice
(1991)
First Assistant Director
Secrets
(1992)
First Assistant Director
Jerry Maguire
(1996)
First Assistant Director
Almost Famous
(2000)
First Assistant Director
Acting
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
(1978)
Eddie of Network
Apocalypse Now
(1979)
Jerry, Civilian
Rocky II
(1979)
Salesman (uncredited)
Lights, Camera, Annie!
(1982)
Self
Blue Thunder
(1983)
Pilot
Say Anything...
(1989)
U.S. Attorney
Jerry Maguire
(1996)
Trainer
Production