Ben Burtt

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Ben Burtt

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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.

Films Featuring Ben Burtt

WALL·E

20088.1

WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets

20087.0

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

19967.4

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

19978.0

BURN·E

20087.5

Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett

20216.8

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

19837.4

Films Are Not Released, They Escape

20026.0

Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up

20088.0

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

20056.5

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

20067.0

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

20055.0

A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte

A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

20047.6

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

20077.0

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

201310.0

And the Oscar Goes To...

20146.8

Wings: Grandeur in the Sky

20127.0

When Star Wars Ruled the World

20048.8

I Am Your Father

20156.5

State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'

20026.0

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

20126.7

The Force of Sound

20188.3

From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II

20026.8

The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'

20036.0

Star Wars: Music by John Williams

19807.3

Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III

20057.2

EditDroid: Rise and Fall

2014

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

20196.9

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

19996.6

Return of the Jedi

19837.9

Lincoln: An American Journey

20135.5

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

20016.7

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

20064.7

The Making of The Empire Strikes Back

19808.0

Fog City Mavericks

20078.5

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

20088.0

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

20026.6

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

19808.2

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

20076.2

Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50)

2021

John James: The Movie

John James: The Movie