Justin Burquist

Justin Burquist is an American filmmaker and music video director who directed the films Broken Knuckles, Touch (2022), and was the cinematographer 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 Berlin Short Film Festival.

Early life Burquist grew up in El Centro and Imperial County, California. before moving to Kensington, San Diego. He helped pitch the idea for the Imperial Valley Film Festival which began in 2010,

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 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. In 2023, it screened at Berlin Short Film Festival, and the San Diego Comic-Con Independent Film Festival, It was released on Klipist and received positive reviews.

Personal life Burquist currently resides in San Diego, California.

Filmography

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