Ben Burtt
61 movies · 2 TV shows
- Known for
- Music & Sound
- Born
- Jul 12, 1948 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Jamesville, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Benjamin Burtt Jr.
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 8.2 Star Wars
1977 · Film
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★ 7.2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Film
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★ 8.1 WALL·E
2008 · Film
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★ 8.4 The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Film
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★ 7.9 Return of the Jedi
1983 · Film
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★ 8.2 Alien
1979 · Film
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★ 6.6 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · Film
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★ 7.5 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 · Film
Ben Burtt: movies and TV shows
Acting (8)
- Upcoming
- 2008 WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
- 2008
- 2008 BURN·E
as WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)
- 2008 WALL·E
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
- 2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Wat Tambor (uncredited)
- 1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Naboo Courier (uncredited)
- 1983 Return of the Jedi
as 'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice)
Behind the camera (60)
- Upcoming Ray Gunn
Sound Designer
- 2021
- 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sound Designer
- 2014 The Signal
Sound Designer
- 2013 Star Trek Into Darkness
Sound Designer
- 2013 Escape from Planet Earth
Sound Designer
- 2012 Lincoln
Sound Designer
- 2012 009 Re:Cyborg
Sound Designer
- 2012 John Carter
Sound Designer
- 2012 Red Tails
Sound Designer, Editor
- 2011 Super 8
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
- 2009 Star Trek
Special Sound Effects
- 2008 BURN·E
Sound Designer
- 2008 WALL·E
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
- 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Sound Designer
- 2005 Munich
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
- 2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Editor, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
- 2004
- 2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Editor, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
- 2002 Manassas: End of Innocence
Director
- 2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Sound Designer
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
Editor, Second Unit Director
- 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Sound Designer
- 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Second Unit Director
- 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
Second Unit Director
- 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
Second Unit Director
- 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil
Sound Designer
- 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
Editor, Second Unit Director
- 1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Editor, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
- 1996
- 1996 Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
Director
- 1996 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
Sound Designer
- 1995 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
Director, Writer, Editor
- 1994 Destiny in Space
Director
- 1992 The American Gangster
Director
- 1991 The True Story of Glory Continues
Director
- 1990 Blue Planet
Director
- 1989 Always
Sound Designer
- 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Sound Designer
- 1988 Willow
Sound Designer
- 1986 Howard the Duck
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Effects Editor
- 1986 Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep
Associate Producer, Writer
- 1985
- 1984 The Adventures of André and Wally B.
Sound Designer
- 1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Sound Designer
- 1983 Return of the Jedi
Sound Designer, Lyricist
- 1982 listen...
Sound Effects
- 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark
Sound Designer
- 1980 Porklips Now
Military Consultant
- 1980 The Empire Strikes Back
Sound Designer
- 1979 More American Graffiti
Supervising Sound Editor
- 1979 Alien
Sound Designer
- 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Sound Effects Designer
- 1978 The Star Wars Holiday Special
Sound Effects
- 1977 The Making of Star Wars
Additional Photography
- 1977 Star Wars
Sound Designer
- 1975 Death Race 2000
Sound Designer
- 1975 Recorded Live
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Talk shows and appearances (34)
- 2022 LIGHT & MAGIC
4 episodes
- 2021
- 2021
- 2019
- 2018
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012
- 2008
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001
- 1997
- 1996
- 1983
- 1980
- 1980
- 1980