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Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Birthday
July 12, 1948
Place of Birth
Jamesville, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Benjamin Burtt Jr.
Ben Burtt
1.1 Popularity
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
7.7
Self - Sound Designer and Editor
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
7.7
Self - Editor
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
6.9
Self
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
2021
6.8
Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
8.7
Self
The Force of Sound
2018
6.6
Himself
I Am Your Father
2015
6.9
Self - Interviewee
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
0.0
Self
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
2014
10.0
Self
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013
5.5
Self
Lincoln: An American Journey
2013
Credits
LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self - Sound Designer and Editor
2022
7.7
LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self - Editor
2022
7.7
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
as Self
2021
6.9
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
as Self
2019
6.8
The Force of Sound
as Self
2018
8.7
I Am Your Father
as Himself
2015
6.6
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self - Interviewee
2014
6.9
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
as Self
2014
0.0
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Self
2013
10.0
Lincoln: An American Journey
as Self
2013
5.5
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
as Self
2012
7.0
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
as Self
2012
6.7
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
2008
7.0
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
2008
8.0
BURN·E
as WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)
2008
7.5
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
as Self
2008
0.0
WALL·E
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
2008
8.1
Fog City Mavericks
as Self
2007
8.5
🎬
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self
2007
7.0
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
as Self
2006
7.0
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as Self
2006
4.5
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
as Self
2005
6.9
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
as Self
2005
6.6
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Self
2005
5.0
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self - Sound Designer
2004
7.7
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Self
2004
8.8
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
as Self
2003
6.0
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
as Self
2002
5.0
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
as Self
2002
6.5
State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
as Self
2002
5.0
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
2001
6.5
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Naboo Courier (uncredited)
1999
6.6
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as Self
1997
0.0
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self
1996
7.4
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
as Self
1983
7.1
Return of the Jedi
as 'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice)
1983
7.9
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
as Self
1980
8.0
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
as Self
1980
7.3
🎬
A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte
N/A
0.0