Ben Burtt
Sound · Sound Designer · Editor · Supervising Sound Editor
Born Jul 12, 1948 · Jamesville, New York, USA
Active 1975–present · Awards: Special Achievement Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, Special Achievement Academy Award
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.
Filmography
Ray Gunn (2026) — Sound DesignerThe Empire Strikes Back (1980) — Sound DesignerStar Wars (1977) — Sound DesignerWALL·E (2008) — WALL·E / M-O (voice) · Supervising Sound Editor · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · Sound DesignerAlien (1979) — Sound DesignerReturn of the Jedi (1983) — 'Freeze' Officer in Endor Bunker / Tortured Power Droid (voice) · Sound Designer · LyricistRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981) — Sound DesignerIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) — Sound DesignerStar Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) — Sound DesignerStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) — Editor · Supervising Sound Editor · Sound DesignerStar Trek (2009) — Special Sound EffectsIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) — Sound DesignerStar Trek Into Darkness (2013) — Sound DesignerStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) — Naboo Courier (uncredited) · Editor · Supervising Sound Editor · Sound DesignerStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) — Wat Tambor (uncredited) · Editor · Sound Designer · Supervising Sound EditorSuper 8 (2011) — Sound Designer · Supervising Sound EditorMunich (2005) — Sound Designer · Supervising Sound EditorLincoln (2012) — Sound DesignerJohn Carter (2012) — Sound DesignerIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) — Sound DesignerWillow (1988) — Sound DesignerInvasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) — Sound Effects DesignerBURN·E (2008) — WALL·E / M-O (voice) (uncredited) · Sound DesignerThe Signal (2014) — Sound Designer