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
WALL·E
⭐ 8.1WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets
⭐ 6.8The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
⭐ 7.4Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
⭐ 0BURN·E
⭐ 7.501Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
⭐ 6.9From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
⭐ 7.1Films Are Not Released, They Escape
⭐ 5Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up
⭐ 8Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
⭐ 6.6Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
⭐ 7George Lucas: Creating an Empire
⭐ 5A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte
⭐ 0Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
⭐ 7.723The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
⭐ 7The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
⭐ 10And the Oscar Goes To...
⭐ 7.009Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
⭐ 7When Star Wars Ruled the World
⭐ 8.8I Am Your Father
⭐ 6.602State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'
⭐ 5Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
⭐ 7The Force of Sound
⭐ 8.7From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
⭐ 6.5The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'
⭐ 6Star Wars: Music by John Williams
⭐ 7.3Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
⭐ 6.9EditDroid: Rise and Fall
⭐ 0Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
⭐ 6.8Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
⭐ 6.564Return of the Jedi
⭐ 7.905Lincoln: An American Journey
⭐ 5.5R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
⭐ 6.5Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
⭐ 4.5The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
⭐ 8Fog City Mavericks
⭐ 8.5RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
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