Ben Burtt
Ben Burtt

Ben Burtt

77 rokov Sound Jamesville, New York, USA Popularita 1.5 Male

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.

Basic information

Known for
Sound
Place of birth
Jamesville, New York, USA
Age
77 years
Gender
Male
Popularity
1.5

Departments & roles

Sound 14 titles
Sound Designer Supervising Sound Editor
Crew 1 title
Special Sound Effects

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