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".
Cast
Crew

Blue Thunder
First Assistant Director

J.W. Coop
Second Assistant Director

Love at Large
First Assistant Director

Some Kind of Wonderful
First Assistant Director

The Great White Hope
Assistant Director

Out for Justice
First Assistant Director

Say Anything...
First Assistant Director

Midnight Run
First Assistant Director

Solar Crisis
First Assistant Director

Marked for Death
First Assistant Director

Short Circuit
First Assistant Director

The River
First Assistant Director

1941
First Assistant Director

Apocalypse Now
Assistant Director

Secrets
First Assistant Director

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Assistant Director

Mitchell
Assistant Director

Jerry Maguire
First Assistant Director

History of the World: Part I
Assistant Director

Almost Famous
Associate Producer, First Assistant Director

Where Have All the People Gone
Assistant Director

Rocky II
First Assistant Director

Lost Horizon
Second Assistant Director

Something Big
Second Assistant Director

Black Sunday
Assistant Director, Unit Production Manager

American Flyers
Assistant Director

Scarface
First Assistant Director

