Name
Ben Burtt
Known For
Sound
Birthday
1948-07-12 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Jamesville, New York, USA
Biography
Benjamin "Ben" Burtt, Jr. is a sound designer, film editor, director, screenwriter, and voice actor. He has worked as sound designer on various films, including the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, WALL-E, and Star Trek. He is responsible for creating many of the iconic sound effects heard in the Star Wars film franchise, including the binary speech of R2-D2, the lightsaber hum, the sound of the blaster guns, and the heavy-breathing sound of Darth Vader, which he made by breathing into a scuba regulator. Burtt has a reputation for popularizing a sound effect dubbed the "Wilhelm scream", which was taken from a character named Wilhelm in the 1953 film The Charge at Feather River.
Known For
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When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated ...
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The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire,...
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Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threa...
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When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of ter...
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Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search ...
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After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical ...
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Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhil...
- 2008 WALL·E as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
- 2008 WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
- 1996 The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1997 Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
- 2008 BURN·E as WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)
- 2021 Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett as Self
- 1983 From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga as Self
- 2002 Films Are Not Released, They Escape as Self
- 2008 Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
- 2005 Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema as Self
- 2006 Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon as Self
- 2005 George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
- Soon A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte
- 2004 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy as Self - Sound Designer
- 2007 The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk as Self
- 2013 The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Self
- 2014 And the Oscar Goes To... as Self - Interviewee
- 2012 Wings: Grandeur in the Sky as Self
- 2004 When Star Wars Ruled the World as Self
- 2015 I Am Your Father as Himself
- 2002 State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II' as Self
- 2012 Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of as Self
- 2018 The Force of Sound as Self
- 2002 From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II as Self
- 2003 The Sound of 'Indiana Jones' as Self
- 1980 Star Wars: Music by John Williams as Self
- 2005 Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III as Self
- 2014 EditDroid: Rise and Fall as Self
- 2019 Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self
- 1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Naboo Courier (uncredited)
- 1983 Return of the Jedi as 'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice)
- 2013 Lincoln: An American Journey as Self
- 2001 R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- 2006 Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet as Self
- 1980 The Making of The Empire Strikes Back as Self
- 2007 Fog City Mavericks as Self
- 2008 RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” as Self
- 2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Wat Tambor (uncredited)
- 1980 SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back as Self
- 2007 Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 as Self
- 2021 Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50) as Self
- 2022 LIGHT & MAGIC ( 1 episode ) as Self - Sound Designer and Editor
- 2022 LIGHT & MAGIC ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Editor
