Jerry Ziesmer(1939-2021)
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
- Production Manager
Grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and acted in little theaters in the
Milwaukee area. After acting with Ethel Waters in a touring company of "The
Member of the Wedding", he went to the High School Institute at
Northwestern University, in Illinois, and studied under acting coach
Alvina Krause (whose other students included Charlton Heston, Jennifer Jones, Richard Benjamin,
and Karen Black). He then pursued an acting career in Hollywood, while
getting a master's degree at the Univ. of California, Los Angeles. In
1967, he was accepted into the Assistant Director training program from
the Directors Guild and the Motion Picture Producers Association, and
graduated in 1969.
