Awards & Winners

Ben Burtt

Date of Birth 12-July-1948
Place of Birth Jamesville
(Onondaga County, New York)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Benjamin A. Burtt, Benjamin "Ben" Burtt, Jr., Benjamin Burtt, Jr., Ben Burtt Jr., Ben Burt, Benjamin Burtt, Jr., Benjamin Burtt Jr
Profession Screenwriter, Film director, Sound Designer, Voice Actor, Film Editor
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, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and WALL-E. He is most notable for creating many of the iconic sound effects heard in the Star Wars film franchise, including the "voice" of R2-D2, the lightsaber hum, the sound of the blaster guns, and the heavy-breathing sound of Darth Vader. The winner of four Academy Awards, he is the director of various documentary films. He is also the editor of the three films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

Awards by Ben Burtt

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ben Burtt.

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Sound Super 8
Paramount Pictures

2010


Nominations 2010 »

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BAFTA Award for Best Sound Star Trek

2009


Nominations 2009 »

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BAFTA Award for Best Sound WALL-E

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Sound WALL-E
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing WALL-E
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing WALL-E

2005


Satellite Award for Best Sound
Honored for : Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
(10th Satellite Awards)

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Sound Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
10th Satellite Awards

2000


Nominations 2000 »

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BAFTA Award for Best Sound Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Satellite Award for Best Sound Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

1996


Nominations 1996 »

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Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject Special Effects: Anything Can Happen

1990


Nominations 1990 »

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BAFTA Award for Best Sound Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989


Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
Honored for : Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1988


Nominations 1988 »

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Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Willow

1985


Nominations 1985 »

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BAFTA Award for Best Sound Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984


Nominations 1984 »

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BAFTA Award for Best Sound Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

1982


Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
Honored for : E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Sound Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Academy Award for Best Sound Editing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1981


Special Achievement Academy Award
Honored for : Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Sound Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

1979


BAFTA Award for Best Sound
Honored for : Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Sound Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

1977


Special Achievement Academy Award
Honored for : Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
(Alien, Creature and Robot Voices)