Kristin Burr is an American film producer. She first worked at Walt Disney Pictures as an executive, before working as a producer in films such as Christopher Robin (2018) and Cruella (2021). She created her own production company, Burr! Productions, in 2017, where she has a first-look studio deal with Lionsgate.[1]
In 2017 Burr departed to head up her own production company, "Burr! Productions"[2] which launched with Marc Forster's 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 was released August 3, 2018 and earned US$150 million worldwide after its first month. Next Burr produced 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 previously worked collaborated on his The Muppets films while at Disney. It received generally positive reviews and was commercially successful.[5][6]
