Sound
Ben Burtt
1948-07-12 · Jamesville, New York, USA
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
Star Wars
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
WALL·E
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Alien
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Star Trek
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Star Trek Into Darkness
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Super 8
Movie credits · 94
Ray Gunn
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
The Force of Sound
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
I Am Your Father
The Signal
And the Oscar Goes To...
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Star Trek Into Darkness
Escape from Planet Earth
Lincoln: An American Journey
Lincoln
009 Re:Cyborg
John Carter
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
Red Tails
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Super 8
Star Trek
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
BURN·E
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
WALL·E
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Fog City Mavericks
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Munich
Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden Planet
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
When Star Wars Ruled the World
TV credits · 3
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