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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
LIGHT & MAGIC
Character: Self - Sound Designer and Editor
TV • 2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
Character: Self - Editor
TV • 2022
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
The Force of Sound
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
I Am Your Father
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2015
And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self - Interviewee
MOVIE • 2014
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2014
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2013
Lincoln: An American Journey
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2013
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2012
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2012
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
Character: WALL·E / M-O (voice)
MOVIE • 2008
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
Character:
MOVIE • 2008
BURN·E
Character: WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 2008
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2008
WALL·E
Character: WALL·E / M-O (voice)
MOVIE • 2008
Fog City Mavericks
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Crew
Crew Credits
Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds
Role: Sound Designer
TV • 2021
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2015
The Signal
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2014
Star Trek Into Darkness
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2013
Escape from Planet Earth
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2013
Lincoln
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2012
009 Re:Cyborg
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2012
John Carter
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2012
Red Tails
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2012
Red Tails
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2012
Super 8
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2011
Super 8
Role: Supervising Sound Editor
MOVIE • 2011
Star Trek
Role: Special Sound Effects
MOVIE • 2009
BURN·E
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2008
WALL·E
Role: Supervising Sound Editor
MOVIE • 2008
WALL·E
Role: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
MOVIE • 2008
WALL·E
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2008
Munich
Role: Sound Designer
MOVIE • 2005
Munich
Role: Supervising Sound Editor
MOVIE • 2005