Kristin Burr

Kristin Burr joined Walt Disney Pictures in 1997 as a Creative Executive. Prior to her transition into producing in 2017, Burr held the title of Executive Vice President of Production under President Sean Bailey. During her 20-year tenure at the studio, Burr oversaw the development and production of such hit films as the Touchstone Pictures romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama with Reese Witherspoon, another hit rom-com The Proposal starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds; Christopher Nolan’s hypnotic period drama The Prestige with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale; the comedy Bringing Down the House with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah; Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic; and the remake Freaky Friday with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan.[2] After Disney's acquisition of The Muppets in 2004, she oversaw the development on productions based on the franchise for Disney including 2011's The Muppets starring Jason Segel and Amy Adams.[2] One of her final projects at Disney was shepherding the musical Mary Poppins Returns, a sequel to Disney's 1964 film Mary Poppins, which was directed by Rob Marshall and starred Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Meryl Streep.

Burr departed the studio ranks in 2017 to head up her own production company, "Burr! Productions".[2] She immediately launched the newest chapter of her career with Marc Forster’s live-action/animated feature, Christopher Robin, a live-action follow up to Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise starring Ewan McGregor in the title role of A.A. Milne’s fairy tale character.[3] The project was developed after Burr convinced co-producer Brigham Taylor, who originally pitched the project to Disney in 2003, to restart development on the film.[4] The film opened nationwide on August 3, 2018 and earned US$150 million worldwide after its first month. Following “Christopher Robin,” Burr went on produce Dora and the Lost City of Gold for Paramount Pictures, based on Nickelodeon's animated series Dora the Explorer. The film was directed by James Bobin, with whom Burr originally collaborated on his The Muppets franchise while at Disney, and stars Isabela Merced, Eva Longoria, Benicio del Toro and Michael Peña. Released in August 2019, the film received an A CinemaScore and has grossed US$120 million worldwide.

Now with a first-look deal at Lionsgate, Burr is currently in post on The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent – a meta action-comedy starring Nicolas Cage as himself as well as Pedro Pascal, set for release in 2022. Simultaneously, Burr is in production on Batgirl, directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah for HBO Max, which will introduce DC Entertainment’s titular superheroine played by Leslie Grace. Burr’s most recent release was Cruella in May 2021, an origin story for Disney’s notorious villain Cruella DeVil from the 101 Dalmatians franchise, starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson. The film has grossed over US$225 million in the worldwide box office and saw a highly successful simultaneous release on Disney+ Premiere Access. Burr’s prior release was Jingle Jangle in November 2020, a Netflix Christmas musical with music by John Legend and an all-black cast including Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker and Keegan-Michael Key. She is also developing various other films and TV series including films based on the fairy tales Rapunzel and Rose Red from the Snow White franchise, both for Disney.[5] She also is developing feature adaptations for Lionsgate of hit novels including "The Guncle" by Steven Rowley, who previously wrote Lily and the Octopus, and The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang.[6][7]

• Kristin Burr at IMDb