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Ben Burtt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Benjamin "Ben" Burtt, Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is an American sound designer for the films Star Wars (1977), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and WALL-E (2008). He is also a film editor and director, screenwriter, and voice actor. He is most notable for creating many of the iconic sound effects heard in the Star Wars film franchise, including the "voice" of R2-D2, the lightsaber hum and the heavy-breathing sound of Darth Vader. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Burtt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Sound

Born: New York, USA, 1948-07-12

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	Star Wars: Music by John Williams	Self	73
2	1980	The Making of The Empire Strikes Back	Self	80
3	1983	Return of the Jedi	'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice)	79
4	1983	From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga	Self	71
5	1996	The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'	Self	74
6	1997	Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery	Self	0
7	1999	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Naboo Courier (uncredited)	66
8	2001	R2-D2: Beneath the Dome	Self	65
9	2002	Films Are Not Released, They Escape	Self	50
10	2002	State of the Art: The Pre-Visualization of 'Episode II'	Self	50
11	2002	From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'	Self	65
12	2003	The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'	Self	60
13	2004	When Star Wars Ruled the World	Self	88
14	2004	Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy	Self - Sound Designer	77
15	2005	George Lucas: Creating an Empire	Self	0
16	2005	Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema	Self	66
17	2005	Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III	Self	69
18	2006	Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon	Self	70
19	2006	Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet	Self	45
20	2007	The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk	Self	70
21	2007	Fog City Mavericks	Self	85
22	2008	WALL·E	WALL·E / M-O (voice)	81
23	2008	RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”	Self	0
24	2008	BURN·E	WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)	75
25	2008	WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets	WALL·E / M-O (voice)	68
26	2008	Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up		80
27	2009	Pixar Short Films	WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited)	0
28	2012	Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of	Self	70
29	2012	Wings: Grandeur in the Sky	Self	70
30	2013	Lincoln: An American Journey	Self	55
31	2013	The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Self	100
32	2014	EditDroid: Rise and Fall	Self	0
33	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self - Interviewee	70
34	2015	I Am Your Father	Himself	66
35	2018	The Force of Sound	Self	87
36	2021	Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett	Self	69
37		A Bucket of Water and a Glass Matte		0
38	2019	Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound	Self	68

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2022	LIGHT & MAGIC	Self - Sound Designer and Editor	78
2	2022	LIGHT & MAGIC	Self - Editor	78