Emil Burri

{{Short description|German playwright and screenwriter}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Emil Burri

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| birth_date = 11 December 1902

| birth_place = Munich, German Empire

| death_date = 29 August 1966

| death_place = Munich, West Germany

| othername =

| 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.Fritsche p.255

In the theatre he was known as a collaborator with Bertolt Brecht.