Talent Profile
Ben Burtt
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 eff...
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Ben Burtt Filmography
WALL·E
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
BURN·E
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
And the Oscar Goes To...
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
WALL·E
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
BURN·E
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
And the Oscar Goes To...
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky