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Ben Burtt

Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Re-recording Mixer

Projects

  • Star Wars: Galaxy of Sounds
  • Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
  • Star Trek: Into Darkness
  • The Signal
  • Star Wars Forces of Destiny
  • Lincoln
  • John Carter
  • Red Tails
  • Super 8
  • Star Trek
  • WALL*E
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • Munich
  • Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
  • Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones
  • Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace
  • Always
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • Willow
  • Howard the Duck
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
  • Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
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Awards

  • Academy Award Nomination
    WALL*E
    2009
  • Academy Award Nomination
    WALL*E
    2009
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace
    2000
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
    1997
  • Academy Award
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    1990
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    1990
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Willow
    1989
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    1984
  • Academy Award Nomination
    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    1984
  • Academy Award
    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
    1983
  • Academy Award
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    1982
  • Academy Award
    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
    1978
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Star Trek
    2010
  • BAFTA Nomination
    WALL*E
    2009
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace
    2000
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    1990
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    1985
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    1984
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    1982
  • BAFTA Nomination
    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
    1981
  • BAFTA Award
    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
    1979
  • Golden Reel Award
    Super 8
    2012
  • Golden Reel Award
    WALL*E
    2009
  • HPA Award
    WALL*E
    2008
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Ben's Story

Ben Burtt 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 voice 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. 

 

Ben is also known for voicing the title character, Wall-E, in the 2008 Pixar movie WALL-E. The winner of four Academy Awards (two of which are Special Achievement Academy Awards), he is also the director of various documentary films. His IMAX film on the history of special effects Anything Can Happen was nominated for an Oscar for best short subject. He is also the editor of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Also a film scholar, Burtt is a regular presenter of programs for TCM. 

 

Most recently, Burtt created a special film called Behold which has a dedicated circular theater in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Museum.

 

 

Ben's Awards