Film Forum

Ben Burtt is a film director, editor, screenwriter and the Academy Award®-winning sound designer of the original STAR WARS and INDIANA JONES series, and E.T., among many other now-classic films. Iconic sounds created by Burtt include Darth Vader’s heavy breathing, the hum of the lightsabers, and Indiana Jones’ whip. Ben provided his own modified voice to the title character of WALL-E, along with other robots in the movie.

Andrew Stanton has been a major creative force at Pixar Animation Studios since 1990, when he became the second animator and ninth employee to join the company's elite group of computer animation pioneers. As Vice President, Creative he currently oversees all shorts and feature projects at the studio. Stanton wrote and directed the Academy Award®-winning Disney and Pixar feature film WALL-E, for which he also received a Best Original Screenplay Oscar®-nomination. In 2016 Stanton directed Disney and Pixar's FINDING DORY, which, upon release, became the highest-grossing domestic animated feature of all time and in 2019 Stanton served as screenwriter and executive producer of TOY STORY 4.

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