Burtt's films The Psychotic Odyssey of Richard Chase and The Death of Sex appeared in the second edition of Jack Sargeant's book Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression.
[citation needed] The Psychotic Odyssey of Richard Chase was also distributed by the production company Troma Entertainment in its "Best of Tromadance Vol.
[1] Burtt's 1999 short Mind Control Made Easy or How to Become a Cult Leader was featured in the 2005 Hell on Reels: Astoria Moving Image Festival.
An instructional film outlining the techniques used by destructive cults, Mind Control was also featured on Supersphere.com where it received an audience award.
In 2004 Burtt completed his first feature, A Forked World which was co-written and co-directed by Tucson Weekly film critic James DiGiovanna.