As Actor
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
2021
6.9
Ben Burtt
Acting
Birth date
July 12, 1948
Birth place
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.
Featured in
As Actor
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
6.8
As Actor
I Am Your Father
2015
6.6
As Actor
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
7.0
As Actor
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013
10.0
As Actor
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
2012
7.0
As Actor
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012
6.7
As Actor
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
2008
8.0
As Actor
BURN·E
2008
7.5
As Actor
WALL·E
2008
8.1
As Actor
Fog City Mavericks
2007
8.5
As Actor
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
2005
6.9
As Actor
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
6.6
As Actor
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
2003
6.0
As Actor
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
2002
5.0
As Actor
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
6.5
As Actor
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
7.4
As Director
Destiny in Space
1994
7.2
As Director
The American Gangster
1992
10.0
As Director
The True Story of Glory Continues
1991
5.7