Ben Burtt

Sound

Born: 1948-07-12
From: Jamesville, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.7

Also Known As

Benjamin Burtt Jr.

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.

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Awards & Nominations4 won · 10 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

WALL-E

2009
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

WALL-E

2009
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

2000
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

1997
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1990
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1990
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1990
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Willow

1989
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

1984
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

1984
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1983
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1983
🏆 Won

Special Achievement Academy Award

1982
🏆 Won

Special Achievement Academy Award

1978

Acting39 titles

Directing13 titles

Writing5 titles

Production1 title

Sound39 titles

Editing9 titles

Crew2 titles

Creator1 title