Sound
Ben Burtt
EN, JA cinema · 95 credits
Born
12 July 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Jamesville, New York, USA
Also known as Benjamin Burtt Jr.
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
I Am Your Father
as Himself
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sound Designer
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self - Interviewee
The Signal
Sound Designer
Star Trek Into Darkness
Sound Designer
Escape from Planet Earth
Sound Designer
John Carter
Sound Designer
Red Tails
Sound Designer, Editor
009 Re:Cyborg
Sound Designer
Lincoln
Sound Designer
Super 8
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
Star Trek
Special Sound Effects
WALL·E
as WALL·E / M-O (voice), Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
BURN·E
as WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited), Sound Designer
Munich
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Editor, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self - Sound Designer
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Wat Tambor (uncredited), Editor, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Naboo Courier (uncredited), Editor, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
Editor, Second Unit Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Second Unit Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
Second Unit Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
Second Unit Director, Editor
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
Second Unit Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
Writer, Director, Editor
Destiny in Space
Director
Blue Planet
Director
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Sound Designer
Always
Sound Designer
Willow
Sound Designer
Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep
Writer, Associate Producer
Howard the Duck
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Effects Editor
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Sound Designer
The Adventures of André and Wally B.
Sound Designer
Return of the Jedi
as 'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice), Sound Designer, Lyricist
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Sound Effects
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Sound Designer
The Empire Strikes Back
Sound Designer
Porklips Now
Military Consultant
Alien
Sound Designer
More American Graffiti
Supervising Sound Editor
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Sound Effects
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Sound Effects Designer
Star Wars
Sound Designer
The Making of Star Wars
Additional Photography
Death Race 2000
Sound Designer
Recorded Live
Sound Re-Recording Mixer