
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.

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

When Star Wars Ruled the World

The Force of Sound

Fog City Mavericks

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Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up

The Making of The Empire Strikes Back

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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

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

Star Wars: Music by John Williams

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

Wings: Grandeur in the Sky

And the Oscar Goes To...

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Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III

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Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

I Am Your Father

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

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets

The Sound of 'Indiana Jones'

Lincoln: An American Journey

Films Are Not Released, They Escape

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

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

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

EditDroid: Rise and Fall

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”