PJ Liguori
| PJ Liguori | |
|---|---|
| Other names |
KickThePj PJTheKick Peej KickyPJ Space Kid Adorable |
| Years active | 2007—present |
| Notable work |
Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures The Forever Train Colour Bandits |
| Awards | Virgin Media Award for, "PJ, Tiny Planet Explorer." |
"PJ" Liguori is a British photographer, video blogger, and filmmaker. His most notable works are the comedy fantasy web series Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures.
History
PJ Liguori was born in Peterborough, England. He went to university for Creative Arts in Farnham, Surrey, England, and graduated in 2013. He specialises in short films that usually have some degree of psychedelia, space, and/or fantasy embedded in them. His contributions to his short films most often consist of the multi-talents of writing screenplay, directing, song writing, creating props, acting, producing, editing, sound, costume, and soundtrack.[1][2]
Filmography
Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures
In late 2014, Liguori partnered with New Form Digital to create a 10 minute short film pilot entitled Oscar's Hotel. The film follows a young man named Oliver who goes to visit his uncle's hotel, which turns out to host unusual guests: monsters. A particular monster suddenly wreaks havoc in the hotel, and Oliver—amongst newfound friends—conquer the beast.[1] Liguori announced in April 2015 that Oscar's Hotel would be funded and picked up as a six-episode web series by Vimeo, entitled Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures.[3] The series was produced by New Form Digital and The Jim Henson Company. The first episode of the web series aired on Vimeo on 15 September 2015, and one episode aired per week over the course of six weeks.[4]
Colour Bandits
In late 2013, Liguori released a video on his YouTube channel (KickthePJ) by the title "Colour Bandits". This film depicts Liguori as a "Colour Bandit" wearing all white and caked in white make-up. Liguori also narrates saying,"Sitting before you is not a man, but merely a cracked shell, A shell of the lightest pastels to the darkest hues, ... Except to desaturate worlds and leave completely unfazed, do not be amazed, for Colour Bandits have no morals these days." While he saying this and more the "Colour Bandit" gets destroyed by different colours. This is one of the most viewed videos on Liguori's channel.
References
- 1 2 KickThePj (2014-10-16), Oscar's Hotel | KickthePJ, retrieved 2016-02-19
- ↑ KickThePj (2013-06-14), Colour Bandits, retrieved 2016-02-19
- ↑ KickThePj (2015-04-18), SUPER HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT, retrieved 2016-02-19
- ↑ Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures, 2015-09-15, retrieved 2016-02-19
Further reading
- "PJ Liguori: YouTube star had an 'amazing' experience working with Sir Patrick Stewart in Oscar's Hotel". International Business Times.
- "PJ Liguori's Oscar’s Hotel for Fantastical Creatures Interview". People.
- David Bloom. "YouTube Stars KickThePj, Sawyer Hartman To Launch Vimeo Series On Demand". Deadline.
- Todd Spangler. "Jim Henson Co. Creates Creatures for ‘Oscar’s Hotel’ Series from YouTube Filmmaker PJ Liguori". Variety.