Ben Burtt
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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
Credits
WALL·E (2008)
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
as Naboo Courier (uncredited)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
as 'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
as Wat Tambor (uncredited)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
as Self
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett (2021)
as Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
as Self - Sound Designer
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II (2002)
as Self
Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III (2005)
as Self
BURN·E (2008)
as WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)
as Self
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
as Self
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
as Self - Interviewee
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007)
as Self
The Force of Sound (2018)
as Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' (1996)
as Self
When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004)
as Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” (2008)
as Self
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (2005)
as Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997)
as Self
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (1983)
as Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire (2002)
as Self
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of (2012)
as Self
Lincoln: An American Journey (2013)
as Self
Star Wars: Music by John Williams (1980)
as Self
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
as Self
I Am Your Father (2015)
as Himself
Fog City Mavericks (2007)
as Self
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones' (2003)
as Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006)
as Self
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets (2008)
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon (2006)
as Self
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2013)
as Self
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
as Self
Films Are Not Released, They Escape (2002)
as Self
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up (2008)
Actor
State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II' (2002)
as Self
EditDroid: Rise and Fall (2014)
as Self
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky (2012)
as Self
A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte (—)
Actor
Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50) (2021)
as Self