Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt, the man behind R2-D2's beeps, the lightsaber swoosh and Wall-E's electronic warble, will be honored at this year's Locarno Film Festival with the Vision Award ...

By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt, the man behind R2-D2’s beeps, the lightsaber swoosh and Wall-E’s electronic warble, will be honored at this year’s ...

It launched the foundation for my career and formed a fan community which has been amazingly enduring,” veteran sound designer Ben Burtt told Variety before picking up the Vision Award ...

Speaking with the Hollywood Reporter, Lucasfilm sound designer Ben Burtt revealed that the iconic scream’s origins didn’t involve the techno-babble of synthesized sounds from the wild.

PROF. BURTT has given us a study of the history of modern science from an unusual but very important point of view. He has sought to lay bare the principle underlying and directing scientific ...

JOSEPH BURTT-DAVY, who died on August 20, was born on March 7, 1870, at Findern, Derby. He was educated privately. During 1891—92 he worked as an assistant in the Director's Office at Kew.