Ben Burtt
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
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
2021
as Self
Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50)
2021
as Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
as Self
The Force of Sound
2018
as Self
I Am Your Father
2015
as Himself
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self - Interviewee
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
2014
as Self
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013
as Self
Lincoln: An American Journey
2013
as Self
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
2012
as Self
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012
as Self
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
2008
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
2008
BURN·E
2008
as WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
as Self
WALL·E
2008
as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
Fog City Mavericks
2007
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
as Self
- No poster
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007
as Self
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006
as Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
as Self
Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III
2005
as Self
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
as Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005
as Self