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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-07-12
Place of birth
Jamesville, New York, USA
Images
Cast
WALL·E
2008
8.11
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
2008
7.00
BURN·E
2008
7.50
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005
5.00
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
6.91
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
2012
7.00
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
8.80
I Am Your Father
2015
6.57
The Force of Sound
2018
8.70
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
2003
6.00
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
2014
0.00
Return of the Jedi
1983
7.90
Lincoln: An American Journey
2013
5.50
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
6.50
Fog City Mavericks
2007
8.50
