| Emil Burri | |
| Birth Date: | 11 December 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Munich, German Empire |
| Death Date: | 29 August 1966 |
| Death Place: | Munich, West Germany |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Yearsactive: | 1933–1964 (film) |
Emil Burri (1902–1966) was a German playwright and screenwriter who worked on around fifty films during his career, a prominent figure in both Nazi era and post-war German cinema. He also directed the 1942 film Beloved World, his only directorial credit. In 1955 he wrote the screenplay for the Austrian historical heimatfilm Dunja.[1]
In the theatre he was known as a collaborator with Bertolt Brecht.