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Ben Burtt
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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 Ch…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Ben Burtt's Filmography
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Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
as Self
Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50)
as Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
as Self
The Force of Sound
as Self
I Am Your Father
as Himself
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self - Interviewee
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
as Self
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Self
Lincoln: An American Journey
as Self
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
as Self
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
as Self
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
BURN·E
as WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
as Self
WALL·E
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Fog City Mavericks
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
No Poster
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as Self
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
as Self
Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III
as Self
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
as Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self - Sound Designer
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Self
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
as Self
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
as Self
State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
as Self
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
as Self
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Wat Tambor (uncredited)
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Naboo Courier (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
as Self
Return of the Jedi
as 'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice)
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Self
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
as Self
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
as Self
No Poster