Ben Burtt
Born:
1948-07-12
From:
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.
Acting
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
The Force of Sound
I Am Your Father
And the Oscar Goes To...
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Lincoln: An American Journey
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
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
Fog City Mavericks
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Image not available
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
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Sound
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Signal
Star Trek Into Darkness
Escape from Planet Earth
Lincoln
009 Re:Cyborg
John Carter
Red Tails
Super 8
BURN·E
WALL·E
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Munich
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
Always
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Willow
Howard the Duck
Editing
Red Tails
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
Crew
Writing
Directing
Manassas: End of Innocence
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
Behind the Scenes with King Kong in Special Effects
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
Destiny in Space
The American Gangster
The True Story of Glory Continues
Blue Planet