--- title: "4 Ben Burtt Quotes - Famous Film director" description: "American sound designer and film director... | Benjamin Burtt Jr. is an American sound designer, film director, film editor, screenwriter, and voice act..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b127/author-ben-burtt-73526.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Ben Burtt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b127/author-ben-burtt-73526.jpg) # Ben Burtt (1948) Film Director **4** quotes in **45** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Ben Burtt is a film director. ## Quick Facts About Ben Burtt Born July 12, 1948 Profession Film Director ## About Ben Burtt American sound designer and film director... \| Benjamin Burtt Jr. is an American sound designer, film director, film editor, screenwriter, and voice actor. As a sound designer, his credits include 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 (2 ## Quotes by Ben Burtt > [Most sound people don't get the assignment to create worlds of sound and get freedom to try a lot of things and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-burtt/most-sound-people-don-t-get-the-assignment-to-create-worlds-of-sound/) [Ben Burtt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-burtt/) [Assignments](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assignments/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/ben-burtt-73526_assignments_most-sound-people-don-t-get-the-assignme_982193.png) > [Filmmakers began to experiment with special effects almost as soon as motion pictures were invented. The history of special effects is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-burtt/filmmakers-began-to-experiment-with-special-effects-almost-as-soon-as/) [Ben Burtt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-burtt/) [Effects](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/effects/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74c/ben-burtt-73526_effects_filmmakers-began-to-experiment-with-spec_1073433.png) > [I've always found that when you're trying to create illusions with sound, especially in a science fiction or fantasy movie, that pulling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-burtt/i-ve-always-found-that-when-you-re-trying-to-create-illusions-with/) [Ben Burtt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-burtt/) [Cement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/ben-burtt-73526_cement_i-ve-always-found-that-when-you-re-tryin_1238501.png) > [Most sound work in films is done very quickly, and at the end of the schedule where it's just jammed together and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-burtt/most-sound-work-in-films-is-done-very-quickly-and-at-the-end-of-the/) [Ben Burtt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-burtt/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c3/ben-burtt-73526_cinema_most-sound-work-in-films-is-done-very-qu_1896079.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-burtt/#itemlist", "name": "Ben Burtt Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Burtt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-burtt/most-sound-people-don-t-get-the-assignment-to-create-worlds-of-sound/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/ben-burtt-73526_assignments_most-sound-people-don-t-get-the-assignme_982193.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/ben-burtt-73526_assignments_most-sound-people-don-t-get-the-assignme_982193.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/ben-burtt-73526_assignments_most-sound-people-don-t-get-the-assignme_982193.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Most sound people don't get the assignment to create worlds of sound and get freedom to try a lot of things…” — Ben Burtt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Filmmakers began to experiment with special effects almost as soon as motion pictures were invented. 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