Justin Burquist is an American filmmaker and music video director who directed the films Broken Knuckles (2013), Touch (2022), and was the cinematographer for the films Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea (2023) and Pulp Friction (2021).

[2] He got involved in filmmaking at a young age after his brother brought home a video camera from school.

[1] He graduated from Holtville High School in 2001, attended Imperial Valley College[2] and graduated from San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus in Calexico[3] before moving to Kensington, San Diego.

[5] He helped pitch the idea for the Imperial Valley Film Festival which began in 2010,[2] and his work is often submitted there.

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