Ben Burtt
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- July 12, 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Jamesville, New York, USA
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
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Filmography
Ray Gunn
Movie · Sound Designer
Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds
TV · Sound Designer · 7 eps
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie · Sound Designer
The Signal
Movie · Sound Designer
Star Trek Into Darkness
Movie · Sound Designer
Escape from Planet Earth
Movie · Sound Designer
John Carter
Movie · Sound Designer
Red Tails
Movie · Sound Designer
009 Re:Cyborg
Movie · Sound Designer
Lincoln
Movie · Sound Designer
Super 8
Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
WALL·E
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Movie · Sound Designer
BURN·E
Movie · Sound Designer
Munich
Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Movie · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Movie · Sound Designer
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Movie · Sound Designer
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil
Movie · Sound Designer
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
Movie · Sound Designer
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Movie · Sound Designer
Always
Movie · Sound Designer
Willow
Movie · Sound Designer
Howard the Duck
Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Effects Editor
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Movie · Sound Designer
The Adventures of André and Wally B.
Movie · Sound Designer
Return of the Jedi
Movie · Sound Designer
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Movie · Sound Effects
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Movie · Sound Designer
The Empire Strikes Back
Movie · Sound Designer
Alien
Movie · Sound Designer
More American Graffiti
Movie · Supervising Sound Editor
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Movie · Sound Effects
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie · Sound Effects Designer
Star Wars
Movie · Sound Designer
Death Race 2000
Movie · Sound Designer
Recorded Live
Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer