Cast
Ben Burtt
Sound
Cast
Ben Burtt
Known for
Sound
Born
1948-07-12
From
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.
★8.1
MOVIE2008
WALL·E
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Naboo Courier (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Wat Tambor (uncredited)
★7.9
MOVIE1983
Return of the Jedi
as 'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self - Interviewee
★7.5
MOVIE2008
BURN·E
as WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE2019
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
as Self
★7.6
MOVIE2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self - Sound Designer
★8.5
MOVIE2007
Fog City Mavericks
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2002
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE2005
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Self
★8.3
MOVIE1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE2008
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE2005
Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2003
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE2021
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2008
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE2015
I Am Your Father
as Himself
★8.3
MOVIE2018
The Force of Sound
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE2005
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE2013
Lincoln: An American Journey
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE1983
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE1980
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
as Self
MOVIETBA
A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte
★8.0
MOVIE1980
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
as Self
★8.8
MOVIE2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE2012
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE1996
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2002
State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
as Self
★4.5
MOVIE2006
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2012
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2013
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self
MOVIE2014
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2002
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2006
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2008
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
MOVIE2021
Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50)
as Self