Ben Burtt
Sound
Awards
Won 5 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 5 won · 8 nominated
- 2009 Best Sound Nominated WALL-E
- 2009 Best Sound Editing Nominated WALL-E
- 2000 Best Sound Editing Nominated Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- 1997 Best Documentary (Short Subject) Nominated Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
- 1990 Best Sound Editing Won Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- 1990 Best Sound Nominated Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- 1989 Best Sound Editing Nominated Willow
- 1984 Best Sound Nominated Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
- 1984 Best Sound Editing Nominated Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
- 1983 Best Sound Editing Won E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- 1982 Special Achievement Academy Award Won
- 1978 Special Achievement Academy Award Won
- 1977 Special Achievement Academy Award Won Star Wars
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
53 credits
Star Wars
WALL·E
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Alien
The Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Trek
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Star Trek Into Darkness
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
John Carter
Super 8
Lincoln
Munich
Howard the Duck
LIGHT & MAGIC
Willow
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Signal
Red Tails
Escape from Planet Earth
Always
Death Race 2000
Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
Ray Gunn
BURN·E
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Adventures of André and Wally B.
More American Graffiti
009 Re:Cyborg
And the Oscar Goes To...
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil
Fog City Mavericks
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Films Are Not Released, They Escape
I Am Your Father
State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Other credits
9 credits
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Red Tails
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen
Directing
2 credits
Writing
2 credits
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