Ben Burtt
Age: N/A | From: Jamesville, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Benjamin Burtt Jr.
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Jamesville, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 97
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Star Wars
(1977) Sound Designer
Alien
(1979) Sound Designer
WALL·E
(2008) Sound Designer
Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981) Sound Designer
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(1989) Sound Designer
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(1984) Sound Designer
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(2015) Sound Designer
Star Trek
(2009) Special Sound EffectsActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Self | |
| 2019 | Self | |
| 2018 | Self | |
| 2016 | N/A | |
| 2015 | Himself | |
| 2014 | Self - Interviewee | |
| Himself | ||
| 2013 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2008 | WALL·E / M-O (voice) | |
| WALL·E / M-O (voice) | ||
| WALL·E / M-O (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2007 | Himself | |
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2005 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| Self - Sound Designer | ||
| 2003 | Self | |
| 2002 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Self | |
| 1999 | Naboo Courier (uncredited) | |
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| 1985 | R2-D2 | |
| 1983 | Self | |
| 'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| 1980 | N/A | |
| Himself | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sound Designer | |
| 2015 | Sound Designer | |
| 2014 | Sound Designer | |
| 2013 | Sound Designer | |
| 2012 | Sound Designer | |
| Sound Designer | ||
| Sound Designer | ||
| Sound Designer | ||
| 2011 | Sound Designer | |
| Supervising Sound Editor | ||
| 2008 | Sound Designer | |
| Sound Re-Recording Mixer | ||
| Supervising Sound Editor | ||
| Sound Designer | ||
| Sound Designer | ||
| 2005 | Sound Designer | |
| Supervising Sound Editor | ||
| Sound Designer | ||
| Supervising Sound Editor | ||
| 2002 | Sound Designer | |
| Supervising Sound Editor | ||
| 1999 | Sound Designer | |
| Sound Designer | ||
| Supervising Sound Editor | ||
| Sound Designer | ||
| 1989 | Sound Designer | |
| Sound Designer | ||
| 1988 | Sound Designer | |
| 1986 | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | |
| Sound Effects Editor | ||
| 1984 | Sound Designer | |
| Sound Designer | ||
| 1983 | Sound Designer | |
| 1981 | Sound Designer | |
| 1980 | Sound Designer | |
| 1979 | Supervising Sound Editor | |
| Sound Designer | ||
| 1978 | Sound Effects Designer | |
| Sound Effects | ||
| 1977 | Sound Designer | |
| 1975 | Sound Designer | |
| Sound Re-Recording Mixer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Editor | |
| 2005 | Editor | |
| 2002 | Editor | |
| 1999 | Editor | |
| Editor | ||
| Editor | ||
| Editor | ||
| Editor | ||
| 1995 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Special Sound Effects | |
| 1980 | Military Consultant | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Director | |
| 1999 | Second Unit Director | |
| Second Unit Director | ||
| Second Unit Director | ||
| 1996 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1995 | Director | |
| 1994 | Director | |
| 1993 | Second Unit Director | |
| Second Unit Director | ||
| 1992 | Director | |
| 1991 | Director | |
| 1990 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Writer | |
| 1989 | Screenplay | |
| 1986 | Writer | |
| 1985 | Story | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Associate Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |