Ben Burtt
Known for: Sound
Born: July 12, 1948
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…
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WALL·E
2008
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
2008
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
2002
Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
2008
Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
2012
Jet Jockeys in Love: The Making of CHAIN LIGHTNING ('50)
2021
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
2021
A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte
The Force of Sound
2018
The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
2003
EditDroid: Rise and Fall
2014
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
BURN·E
2008
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
1983
State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
2002
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
1980
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
2005
Fog City Mavericks
2007
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
I Am Your Father
2015
Lincoln: An American Journey
2013
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
1980
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
Return of the Jedi
1983