BEN BURTT

Ben Burtt
Gender: Male
Known for: Sound
Birthday: July 12, 1948
Place of Birth: 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.
Filmography
Starring
2022·
LIGHT & MAGICSelf - Editor, Self - Sound Designer and Editor
2018·
The Force of SoundSelf
2015·
I Am Your FatherHimself
Self
Self - Interviewee
Self
Self
2008·
BURN·EWALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)
WALL·E / M-O (voice)
2008·
WALL·EWALL·E / M-O (voice)
2007·
Fog City MavericksSelf
Self
Self
Self - Sound Designer
Self
Wat Tambor (uncredited)
Self
Self
Naboo Courier (uncredited)
Self
1983·
Return of the Jedi'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice)
Self
Self
Production
2026·
Ray GunnSound Designer
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
2014·
The SignalSound Designer
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
2012·
Red TailsEditor, Sound Designer
2012·
LincolnSound Designer
2012·
009 Re:CyborgSound Designer
2012·
John CarterSound Designer
2011·
Super 8Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
2009·
Star TrekSpecial Sound Effects
2008·
BURN·ESound Designer
2008·
WALL·ESound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor
Sound Designer
2005·
MunichSupervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, Editor
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Editor
Director
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Second Unit Director
Editor, Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director
Second Unit Director, Editor
Second Unit Director
Sound Designer
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, Editor
Sound Designer
Director
Director
Editor, Director, Writer
1994·
Destiny in SpaceDirector
Director
Director
1990·
Blue PlanetDirector
1989·
AlwaysSound Designer
Sound Designer
1988·
WillowSound Designer
1986·
Howard the DuckSound Effects Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Associate Producer, Writer
1985·
Star Wars: DroidsCreator, Story
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
1983·
Return of the JediLyricist, Sound Designer
1982·
listen...Sound Effects
Sound Designer
1980·
Porklips NowMilitary Consultant
Sound Designer
Supervising Sound Editor
1979·
AlienSound Designer
Sound Effects Designer
Sound Effects
1977·
Star WarsSound Designer
1975·
Recorded LiveSound Re-Recording Mixer
1975·
Death Race 2000Sound Designer