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".

Directing

1970

[ 5/10 ] The Great White Hope (Assistant Director)

1971

[ ] Something Big (Second Assistant Director)

1972

[ ] J.W. Coop (Second Assistant Director)

1973

[ ] Lost Horizon (Second Assistant Director)

1974

[ ] Where Have All the People Gone (Assistant Director)

1975

[ ] Mitchell (Assistant Director)

1977

[ ] Black Sunday (Assistant Director)

1978

[ ] The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (Assistant Director)

1979

[ ] 1941 (First Assistant Director)
[ ] Apocalypse Now (Assistant Director)
[ ] Rocky II (First Assistant Director)

1981

[ ] History of the World: Part I (Assistant Director)

1983

[ ] Blue Thunder (First Assistant Director)
[ ] Scarface (First Assistant Director)

1984

[ ] The River (First Assistant Director)

1985

[ ] American Flyers (Assistant Director)

1986

[ ] Short Circuit (First Assistant Director)

1987

[ ] Some Kind of Wonderful (First Assistant Director)

1988

[ ] Midnight Run (First Assistant Director)

1989

[ ] Say Anything... (First Assistant Director)

1990

[ ] Love at Large (First Assistant Director)
[ ] Marked for Death (First Assistant Director)

1991

[ ] Out for Justice (First Assistant Director)

1992

[ ] Solar Crisis (First Assistant Director)
[ ] Secrets (First Assistant Director)

1996

[ ] Jerry Maguire (First Assistant Director)

2000

[ ] Almost Famous (First Assistant Director)

Production