Ben Burtt Quotes

United States, Sound Designer
July 12, 1948

Benjamin "Ben" Burtt Jr. is an American 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, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), WALL-E (2008) and Star Trek (2009).

Also known as Film Editor, Director, Screenwriter, Voice Actor

I've always found that when you're trying to create illusions with sound, especially in a science fiction or fantasy movie, that pulling sounds from the world around us is a great way to cement that illusion because you can go out and record an elevator in George Lucas's house or something, and it will have that motor sound.

Ben Burtt
- Sound
- Create
- Illusions
Most sound people don't get the assignment to create worlds of sound and get freedom to try a lot of things and then get the scrutiny and support of the team over a long period of time.

Ben Burtt
- Team
- Support
- Sound