Ben Burtt Movies

A Biography of George Lucas.

Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by...

Documentary film exploring the making, and legacy of 'Forbidden Planet'

Documentary on the making of Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" (2012).

Current filmmakers such as Ridley Scott and George Lucas reflect on the importance and influence of the epic classic "Ben-Hur".

BBC documentary. Witness John Williams composing the legendary score for The Empire Strikes Back and conducting the London Symphony Orchestra.

Go inside the sound design of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. From the ignition of a lightsaber to the chirp of a porg, Star Wars would not be the same...

Documentary short film about Robby the Robot; a $125,000 engineering marvel that advanced cinematic robotics and went on to become a film star & pop...

Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey opened the door to all the films and filmmakers who followed it. Through interviews with...

They fixed the World Series. They built Las Vegas. They terrorized America with their vicious murders and fearless robberies. They are men named...

Documentary about the work of film director Michael Curtiz.

Ben Burtt reveals which sounds he and his team at Skywalker Sound recorded to incorporate into the Indiana Jones trilogy.

An IMAX production that explores the ground-breaking special effects portrayed in Hollywood films from the very originals to the breathtaking special...

This spoof of 'Apocalypse Now' has health inspector Will Dullard travelling by car "uptown" with two friends to have a meeting with a certain Mertz,...

Filmmaker George Lucas, spiritual father of the successful Star Wars series decided to invest 40 million dollars to develop a new editing system....

A man arrives at a TV studio to interview for a managerial position, only to find mysterious videotape reels who seem to have a life of their own.

Ben Burtt and his team explain the process of creating the sound for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) in the all-new documentary...

Making of documentary for the King Kong segment of the in the 1996 IMAX movie 'Special Effects: Anything Can Happen', featuring stop-motion animation...

Morgan Freeman narrates this documentary that explores the 54th Massachusetts regiment that is the basis of the motion picture, "Glory".

An engaging behind-the-scenes documentary short detailing the production of Warner Bros.' Cold War aviation drama Chain Lightning (1950). Produced...