Ben Burtt
Known for SoundBorn 1948-07-12Jamesville, New York, USA
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 · as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · as Naboo Courier (uncredited)
Return of the Jedi
1983 · as 'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 · as Wat Tambor (uncredited)
BURN·E
2008 · as WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001 · as Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019 · as Self
Fog City Mavericks
2007 · as Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · as Self - Sound Designer
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
2003 · as Self
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
1980 · as Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014 · as Self - Interviewee
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
2008 · as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
I Am Your Father
2015 · as Himself
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · as Self
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
1983 · as Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008 · as Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005 · as Self