Ben Burtt
AKA: Benjamin Burtt Jr.
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1948-07-12
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.
Crew Roles
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Sound Designer
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Sound Designer
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Sound Designer
Munich
Sound Designer
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Editor
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Editor
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Editor
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Supervising Sound Editor
Blue Planet
Director
Destiny in Space
Director
The Adventures of André and Wally B.
Sound Designer
Manassas: End of Innocence
Director
The True Story of Glory Continues
Director
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Supervising Sound Editor
Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen
Director
Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen
Writer
John Carter
Sound Designer
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
Director
Red Tails
Sound Designer
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sound Designer
009 Re:Cyborg
Sound Designer
Star Trek Into Darkness
Sound Designer
Willow
Sound Designer
Escape from Planet Earth
Sound Designer
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Sound Designer
Red Tails
Editor
Star Wars
Sound Designer
Alien
Sound Designer
The Empire Strikes Back
Sound Designer
Return of the Jedi
Sound Designer
Always
Sound Designer
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Sound Designer
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Sound Designer
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Sound Designer
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Sound Designer
WALL·E
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
WALL·E
Supervising Sound Editor
Super 8
Sound Designer
Lincoln
Sound Designer
The Signal
Sound Designer
Death Race 2000
Sound Designer
Munich
Supervising Sound Editor
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
Editor
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Editor
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
Editor
Star Trek
Special Sound Effects
Super 8
Supervising Sound Editor
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Sound Effects
WALL·E
Sound Designer
Porklips Now
Military Consultant
Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep
Associate Producer
Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep
Writer
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Sound Designer
Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen
Editor
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Second Unit Director
The American Gangster
Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
Second Unit Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
Editor
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
Second Unit Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
Second Unit Director
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
Second Unit Director
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Supervising Sound Editor
Howard the Duck
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Howard the Duck
Sound Effects Editor
Recorded Live
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Behind the Scenes with King Kong in Special Effects
Director
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Sound Effects Designer
More American Graffiti
Supervising Sound Editor
BURN·E
Sound Designer
Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden Planet
Story
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil
Sound Designer
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
Sound Designer
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Sound Effects
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
Editor
The Story of the Faithful Wookiee
Sound Designer
Story
Sound Designer
Creator
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