Ben Burtt

Known for: Sound

Born: July 11, 1948 in Jamesville, New York, USA

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. Where to watch the TV shows and films of Ben Burtt free? Click the title of the series or movies below to watch them in HD for free on SFlix.

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WALL·E

WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

BURN·E

Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

Films Are Not Released, They Escape

Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

And the Oscar Goes To...

Wings: Grandeur in the Sky

When Star Wars Ruled the World

I Am Your Father

State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

The Force of Sound

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'