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1948Born, Jamesville
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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…
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Star WarsSound Designer
WALL·EWALL·E / M-O (voice)
Star Wars: The Force AwakensSound Designer
The Empire Strikes BackSound Designer
Return of the Jedi'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice)2021Star Wars Galaxy of SoundsSound Designer · 7 episodesShow
2020Movie Archaeologists: The visual and sound effects of War of The WorldsCreatorMovie
2014The SignalSound DesignerMovie
2013Escape from Planet EarthSound DesignerMovie
2012LincolnSound DesignerMovie
2012009 Re:CyborgSound DesignerMovie
2012John CarterSound DesignerMovie
2012Red TailsSound Designer · EditorMovie
2011Super 8Sound Designer, Supervising Sound EditorMovie
2008WALL·E's Treasures & TrinketsWALL·E / M-O (voice)Movie
2008Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound UpMovie
2008BURN·EWALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited) · Sound DesignerMovie
2008WALL·EWALL·E / M-O (voice) · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound DesignerMovie
2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullSound DesignerMovie
2005MunichSound Designer, Supervising Sound EditorMovie
2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithEditor · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound DesignerMovie
2004Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden PlanetStoryMovie
2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesWat Tambor (uncredited) · Editor · Sound Designer, Supervising Sound EditorMovie
2002Manassas: End of InnocenceDirectorMovie
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage EscapadesSound DesignerMovie
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of DeceptionEditorMovie
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of LifeEditor · Second Unit DirectorMovie
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the DesertEditorMovie
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of InnocenceSound DesignerMovie
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the BluesSecond Unit DirectorMovie
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break AdventureSecond Unit DirectorMovie
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of DoomSecond Unit DirectorMovie
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of EvilSound DesignerMovie
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of HellSecond Unit Director · EditorMovie
1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceNaboo Courier (uncredited) · Editor · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound DesignerMovie
1996Behind the Scenes with King Kong in Special EffectsDirectorMovie
1996Special Effects: Anything Can HappenDirectorMovie
1996The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with FatherSound DesignerMovie
1995The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the HawkmenWriter · Director · EditorMovie
1994Destiny in SpaceDirectorMovie
1992The American GangsterDirectorMovie
1991The True Story of Glory ContinuesDirectorMovie
1990Blue PlanetDirectorMovie
1989AlwaysSound DesignerMovie
1989Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeSound DesignerMovie
1988WillowSound DesignerMovie
1986Howard the DuckSound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Effects EditorMovie
1986Star Wars: Droids - The Great HeepWriter · Associate ProducerMovie
1985Star Wars: DroidsStory · 13 episodes · CreatorShow
1984The Adventures of André and Wally B.Sound DesignerMovie
1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomSound DesignerMovie
1983Return of the Jedi'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice) · Sound Designer · LyricistMovie
1982listen...Sound EffectsMovie
1981Raiders of the Lost ArkSound DesignerMovie
1980Porklips NowMilitary ConsultantMovie
1980The Empire Strikes BackSound DesignerMovie
1979More American GraffitiSupervising Sound EditorMovie
1979AlienSound DesignerMovie
1978Invasion of the Body SnatchersSound Effects DesignerMovie
1978The Star Wars Holiday SpecialSound EffectsMovie
1977The Making of Star WarsAdditional PhotographyMovie
1975Death Race 2000Sound DesignerMovie
1975Recorded LiveSound Re-Recording MixerMovie
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