Ben Burtt
Benjamin P. "Ben" Burtt Jr. (born July 12, 1948 in Jamesville , New York ) is an American sound engineer and sound designer who pioneered modern sound engineering, especially science fiction and fantasy -Films applies.
Life
Burtt was born the son of chemist and university professor Benjamin P. Burtt Sr. (1921–2012) in a small town near Syracuse and completed his college degree in physics. In 1970 he won a national student film festival with the war film Yankee Squadron . For his special effects in the movie Genesis , he received a scholarship to the University of Southern California . He completed this with a master's degree in film production.
In earlier science fiction films, futuristic devices and weapons were usually underlaid with electronic sounding effects. Burtt modernized the sound effects by looking for more "natural" tones and using them for his effects. For example, he used the sound of an old film projector for the sound of the lightsabers in Star Wars . In many films he prefers to use the Wilhelmsschrei , which he has helped to bring to fame.
Burtt's most notable sound effects include the “voice” of the Star Wars robot R2-D2, the sound of the lightsabers and the jet sled race (“Speederbike”) in the episode The Return of the Jedi .
Burtt had little extra roles in two Star Wars episodes: in Return of the Jedi , he played an imperial officer who was thrown from a balcony parapet by Han Solo inside the bunker on Endor. In The Phantom Menace , he appears in the background at the end when Amidala congratulates Palpatine.
His son Benjamin A. Burtt is also a sound engineer and was nominated for an Oscar in 2019 for Black Panther .
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His work for the film ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) was each awarded an Oscar in the sound editing category; for his sound in Star Wars (1977) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) he received the Special Achievement Award for special merits in the field of sound and sound effects. He also directed the 1996 Oscar-nominated documentary Special Effects: Anything Can Happen . In the 2008 film WALL-E , he produced the voice of the title character and another robot.
Awards
- 1979 Star Wars (best note)
- 1978 Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope ( Special Oscar for the best sound effects)
- 1982 ET the Extra-Terrestrial (best sound editing)
- 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Best Sound Editing)
Oscar nomination
- 1983 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing)
- 1988 Willow (best sound effects editor)
- 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Best Sound)
- 1996 Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (Best Documentary Short)
- 1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (best sound effects edit)
- 2009 WALL E - The last one cleans up the earth (best sound editing)
Web links
- Ben Burtt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ben Burtt profile at Star Wars.com ( Memento from June 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Ben Burtt in Jedipedia.de
- Ben Burtt in Jedipedia.net
Individual evidence
- ^ The first craze article in one day of July 14, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burtt, Ben |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burtt, Benjamin P. Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sound engineer and sound designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jamesville , New York |