Justin Burquist is an American filmmaker and

music video director A music video director is the head of music video production. The director conceives of videos' artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical crew, actors, models, and dancers. They may or may not be in collaboration ...

who directed the films ''Broken Knuckles'' (2013), '' Touch'' (2022), and was the

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

for the films '' Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea'' (2023) and ''Pulp Friction'' (2021). Burquist's films have won awards at Oceanside International Film Festival and

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Early life

Burquist grew up in El Centro and Imperial County, California. He got involved in filmmaking at a young age after his brother brought home a video camera from school. He graduated from Holtville High School in 2001, attended Imperial Valley College and graduated from San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus in Calexico before moving to

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Career

Burquist started his career making short films and music videos, directing videos like ''Glitter Star'' by Dynamite Doll. He helped pitch the idea for the Imperial Valley Film Festival which began in 2010, and his work is often submitted there. In 2013, Burquist started production on the second season of the web series ''Proxy'' titled ''Proxy 2: The Mortido''. He cited Brian De Palma and

Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...

as influences. In 2019, Burquist completed a music video he had been working on for more than five years. In 2024, he was the director of photography on a dystopian film called '' Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea'' which screened at the 13th Oceanside International Film Festival.

''Touch'' short film

Burquist's short film ''Touch'' screened at Monster Fest in 2022, opening for the premiere of ''The Cost'' by Matthew Holmes. In 2023, it screened at

, Oceanside International Film Festival, and the San Diego Comic-Con Independent Film Festival, where Burquist was a panelist with actors Eva Ceja and

Randy Davison Randy Lee Davison (born ) is an American actor who appeared in the films ''The United States vs. Billie Holiday'' (2021) as Joseph McCarthy, ''Mank'' (2020), ''Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea'' (2023), '' Not This Part of the World'' (199 ...

. It was released on Klipist and received positive reviews.

Filmography

Accolades

References

External links

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Official site
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