Known For
Sound
Born
Jul 12, 1948
Place of Birth
Jamesville, New York, USA
Credits
96 titles
Ben Burtt
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
Filmography
Ray Gunn
Sound Designer
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Sound Designer and Editor
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
Self
Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds
Sound Designer
Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50)
Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
The Force of Sound
Self
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sound Designer
I Am Your Father
Himself
The Signal
Sound Designer
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Interviewee
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
Self
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Self
Star Trek Into Darkness
Sound Designer
Escape from Planet Earth
Sound Designer
Lincoln: An American Journey
Self
Lincoln
Sound Designer
009 Re:Cyborg
Sound Designer
John Carter
Sound Designer
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
Self
Red Tails
Sound Designer
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Self
Super 8
Sound Designer
Star Trek
Special Sound Effects
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
BURN·E
WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Self
WALL·E
WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Sound Designer
Fog City Mavericks
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Self
Munich
Sound Designer
Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III
Self
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Self
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Editor
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden Planet
Story
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self - Sound Designer
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Self
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
Self
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
Self
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
Self
State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
Self
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Wat Tambor (uncredited)
Manassas: End of Innocence
Director
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self