Justin Burquist is an American

filmmaker Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then continues through screen ...

and

music video director A music video director is the head, overseer or facilitator 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 ...

who directed the films ''Broken Knuckles'' (2013), ''

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'' (2022), and was the

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

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 The Oceanside International Film Festival (OIFF) is an annual film festival held in Oceanside, California. It was founded in 2009 by the Oceanside Cultural Foundation. History The 11th annual festival was the first in person event since 2019. ...

and Berlin Short Film Festival.

Early life

Burquist grew up in

El Centro El Centro ( Spanish for "The Center") is a city and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. El Centro is the most populous city in the Imperial Valley, the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the co ...

and

Imperial County, California Imperial County is a county located on the southeast border of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 179,702, ranking as the least populous county in Southern California. The county seat and largest city is ...

. 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 Imperial Valley College is a Public college, public Community colleges in the United States, community college in Imperial County, California. It was founded in 1962 and enrolls around 7,000 students per year. The main campus is located on a si ...

and graduated from San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus in

Calexico Calexico () is a city in southern Imperial County, California. Situated on the Mexican border, it is linked economically with the much larger city of Mexicali, the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California. It is about east of San Dieg ...

before moving to

Kensington, San Diego Kensington is a neighborhood in San Diego, California. Its borders are defined by Interstate 15 to the west, Interstate 8 to the north, Fairmount Avenue to the east, and El Cajon Boulevard to the south. Its neighboring communities are Normal H ...

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

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and

Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (, ; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin. He is widely considered one of the greatest directors in cinema history. Works by Andrei Tarkovsky, His films e ...

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

on a dystopian film called '' Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea'' which screened at the

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''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 Berlin Short Film Festival,

, and the

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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'' (19 ...

. It was released on Klipist and received positive reviews.

Personal life

Burquist currently resides in

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, California.

Filmography

Accolades

References

External links

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Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burquist, Justin Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American male writers American cinematographers American music video directors Film directors from California Film producers from California People from Calexico, California People from El Centro, California Mass media people from San Diego San Diego State University alumni Screenwriters from California Writers from San Diego Oceanside International Film Festival award winners