Ben Burtt
Sound•Born July 12, 1948 (age 77)•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.
Known For
WALL·E
2008•Movie•
8.1
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999•Movie•
6.6
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002•Movie•
6.6
Return of the Jedi
1983•Movie•
7.9
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022•TV Series•
7.8
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022•TV Series•
7.8
BURN·E
2008•Movie•
7.5
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019•Movie•
6.9
Filmography
Personal Info
DepartmentSound
BirthdayJuly 12, 1948
Place of BirthJamesville, New York, USA
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