Kristine Belson

{{short description|American film producer}}

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| name = Kristine Belson

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| birth_place = United States

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| alma_mater = Trinity College

| occupation = Film producer

| employer = DreamWorks Animation (2005-2014)
Sony Pictures Animation (2015-present)

| title = President

| years_active = 1999-present

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| parents = Jerry Belson (father)

| relatives = Monica Johnson (aunt)

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Kristine Belson is a film producer and the president of Sony Pictures Animation.

Belson's mother was a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and her father, Jerry Belson, was a comedy writer for television and film. Belson graduated from Trinity College in 1986.{{cite web|title=FOR KRISTINE BELSON '86, A UNIQUE PATH TO OSCAR NOMINATION FOR "THE CROODS"|url=http://www.trincoll.edu/NewsEvents/NewsArticles/pages/BelsonCroods.aspx|publisher=Trinity College|accessdate=7 March 2015}}

In 2005, Belson joined DreamWorks Animation as head of development, where she oversaw the development and acquisition of all feature film projects for the company.{{cite press release|author1=Sony Pictures Entertainment|title=Kristine Belson Named President, Sony Pictures Animation|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kristine-belson-named-president-sony-pictures-animation-300026447.html|publisher=PR Newswire|accessdate=March 7, 2015|date=January 27, 2015}} There she also served as executive producer on How to Train Your Dragon (2010). Belson and her fellow producers were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for the 2013 film The Croods.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/86th-winners.html |title=The 86th Academy Awards (2013) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=August 30, 2014 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001025332/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/86th-winners.html |archivedate=October 1, 2014 }}

In January 2015, she was named the president of Sony Pictures Animation, tasked to lead the development and production of existing and original materials.{{cite web|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|title=Kristine Belson Named New President of Sony Pictures Animation|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kristine-belson-named-new-president-767582|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=March 7, 2015|date=January 27, 2015}}