Ben Burtt
Sound
Born 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.
Acting
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Sound Designer and Editor
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Editor
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
The Force of Sound
Self
I Am Your Father
Himself
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Interviewee
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
Self
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Self
Lincoln: An American Journey
Self
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
Self
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Self
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
BURN·E
WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Self
WALL·E
WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Fog City Mavericks
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Self
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
Self
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self - Sound Designer
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Self
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
Self
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
Self
State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
Self
Crew
Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds
Sound Designer
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sound Designer
The Signal
Sound Designer
Star Trek Into Darkness
Sound Designer
Escape from Planet Earth
Sound Designer
Lincoln
Sound Designer
009 Re:Cyborg
Sound Designer
John Carter
Sound Designer
Red Tails
Sound Designer
Red Tails
Editor
Super 8
Sound Designer
Super 8
Supervising Sound Editor
Star Trek
Special Sound Effects
BURN·E
Sound Designer
WALL·E
Supervising Sound Editor
WALL·E
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
WALL·E
Sound Designer
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Sound Designer
Munich
Sound Designer
Munich
Supervising Sound Editor