Ben Burtt Movies

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

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

A making-of featurette for the first Academy Award winning film "Wings" (1927), with plenty of rare photographs and the participation of William...

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

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

A demonstration of sound in Dolby Stereo.

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

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 about the work of film director Michael Curtiz.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

As the first major land battle of the American Civil War, the First Battle of Manassas, fought on July 21, 1861, shocked a nation expecting a short...

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....

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...

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