Jerry Ziesmer
Directing • AGE 82
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 whi...
Filmography
Almost Famous
First Assistant Director
2000
Jerry Maguire
Trainer
1996
Singles
Councilman Jordan Fisher
1992
Solar Crisis
First Assistant Director
1992
Secrets
First Assistant Director
1992
Out for Justice
First Assistant Director
1991
Marked for Death
First Assistant Director
1990
Love at Large
First Assistant Director
1990
Say Anything...
U.S. Attorney
1989
Midnight Run
First Assistant Director
1988
Some Kind of Wonderful
First Assistant Director
1987
Short Circuit
First Assistant Director
1986
American Flyers
Assistant Director
1985
The River
First Assistant Director
1984
Scarface
First Assistant Director
1983
Blue Thunder
Pilot
1983
Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical
Self
1982
History of the World: Part I
Assistant Director
1981
1941
First Assistant Director
1979
Rocky II
Salesman (uncredited)
1979
Apocalypse Now
Jerry, Civilian
1979
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Eddie of Network
1978
Black Sunday
Unit Production Manager
1977
Mitchell
Assistant Director
1975
Where Have All the People Gone
Assistant Director
1974
Lost Horizon
Second Assistant Director
1973
J.W. Coop
Second Assistant Director
1972
Something Big
Second Assistant Director
1971
The Great White Hope
Assistant Director
1970
Going My Way
1962
Sam Benedict
1962