Ben Burtt
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.
Known For

Star Wars
1977

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015

WALL·E
2008

The Empire Strikes Back
1980

Return of the Jedi
1983

Alien
1979

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002

Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989

Star Trek
2009

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984

Star Trek Into Darkness
2013

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008

