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.
40 movies · 1 shows
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
2021·6.9
Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50)
2021·0.0
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019·6.9
The Force of Sound
2018·8.3
I Am Your Father
2015·6.6
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014·6.8
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
2014·0.0
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013·10.0
Lincoln: An American Journey
2013·5.5
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
2012·7.0
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012·6.7
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
2008·6.4
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
2008·8.0
BURN·E
2008·7.5
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008·8.0
WALL·E
2008·8.1
Fog City Mavericks
2007·8.5
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007·6.2
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007·7.0
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006·7.0
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006·4.5
Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III
2005·7.2
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005·6.6
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005·5.0
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004·7.6
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004·8.8
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
2003·6.0
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
2002·6.0
State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
2002·6.0
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
2002·6.8
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002·6.6
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001·6.7
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999·6.6
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997·8.0
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996·7.4
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
1983·7.4
Return of the Jedi
1983·7.9
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
1980·8.0
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980·8.3
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
1980·7.3