Burquist started his career making short films and music videos, 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 ==