Ben Burtt

About

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.

Known for

Star WarsMovie • 1977Raiders of the Lost ArkMovie • 1981AlienMovie • 1979WALL·EMovie • 2008Star Wars: The Force AwakensMovie • 2015The Empire Strikes BackMovie • 1980Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomMovie • 1984Return of the JediMovie • 1983Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceMovie • 1999Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeMovie • 1989Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullMovie • 2008Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithMovie • 2005Star Trek Into DarknessMovie • 2013Star TrekMovie • 2009Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesMovie • 2002Super 8Movie • 2011John CarterMovie • 2012LincolnMovie • 2012Star Wars: DroidsSeries • 1985Invasion of the Body SnatchersMovie • 1978MunichMovie • 2005WillowMovie • 1988Howard the DuckMovie • 1986Escape from Planet EarthMovie • 2013