Ben Burtt

Ben Burtt

Ben Burtt

12.07.1948 (76 years) (New York, USA)

Benjamin "Ben" Burtt, Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is an American 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, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), WALL-E (2008) and Star Trek (2009). He is most notable for popularizing the Wilhelm scream in-joke and creating many of the iconic sound effects heard in the Star Wars film franchise, including the "voice" of R2-D2, the lightsaber hum, the sound of the blaster guns, and the heavy-breathing sound of Darth Vader, made from himself breathing into a scuba regulator. Burtt is also known for "voicing" the title character, Wall-E, in the 2008 Pixar movie WALL-E. He also created the robotic sound of Wall-E's voice, along with all the other characters in WALL-E, and was the sound editor of the movie. The winner of four Academy Awards (two of which are Special Achievement Academy Awards), he is the director of various documentary films. He is also the editor of the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

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Strange World (2022)

IMDB: 5.5 (26635 votes)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

IMDB: 7.9 (834270 votes)
The Signal (2014)

IMDB: 6.1 (60079 votes)
Red Tails (2012)

IMDB: 5.9 (32491 votes)
Lincoln (2012)

IMDB: 7.3 (237113 votes)
Super 8 (2011)

IMDB: 7.0 (358,152 votes)
Star Trek (2009)

IMDB: 7.9 (605885 votes)
Munich (2005)

IMDB: 7.5 (229432 votes)
Star Wars: Episode I (1999)

IMDB: 6.5 (678801 votes)
Always (1989)

IMDB: 6.4 (26,848 votes)
Willow (1988)

IMDB: 7.3 (96616 votes)
Return of the Jedi (1983)

IMDB: 8.3 (905258 votes)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

IMDB: 8.4 (843684 votes)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

IMDB: 8.7 (1088073 votes)
More American Graffiti (1979)

IMDB: 5.3 (4721 votes)
Star Wars (1977)

IMDB: 8.6 (1176061 votes)
Death Race 2000 (1975)

IMDB: 6.2 (23401 votes)