PJ Liguori

PJ Liguori

Liguori in 2012
Personal information
Born 11 December 1990 (age 26)
Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Residence Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Occupation YouTube personality, filmmaker
YouTube information
Channel KickThePj, PJTheKick
Years active 2007–present
Subscribers 1+ million
Total views 74+ million
Catchphrase(s) "Hey tiny planet explorers!"

PJ Liguori is a British YouTuber, video blogger, filmmaker, and storyteller. He is best known for his YouTube channel KickThePj[1] where he uploads creative and imaginative videos. PJ specializes in different areas like screenplay, directing, songwriting, creating props, acting, producing, editing, sound, and costume. His most notable work is the comedy fantasy web series Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures.

Biography

Liguori was born in Peterborough, England on 11 December 1990. Growing up, he was interested in video games, filmmaking, and storytelling, later making it his career. [2] He went to the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, Surrey, England, and graduated on 25 June 2013. [3] PJ formerly lived with his friends Louis Grant and Jamie Swarbrick, but moved to Brighton, England in September 2014 with girlfriend, Sophie Newton. [4] He became a British citizen in March 2015. [5]

Career

Liguori uploaded his first video in early 2007 at age 16. He was inspired by fellow YouTuber, Phil Lester, and the two became quick friends.[6] Since then, he has posted over 300 videos on his main YouTube channel, KickThePj and as of May 2017, he has 1.3 million subscribers. He reached 1 million YouTube subscribers on 29 July 2016.

Liguori also has a second channel, PJTheKick,[7] which has 300,000 subscribers as of May 2017.

On October 7, 2011, Liguori released an album titled "Stories from Somewhere." [8] The album is a a collection of short stories told in song.

In November 2012, PJ won a Virgin Media award for his short film PJ, Tiny Planet Explorer, the award itself holding its place on his desk.[9] Liguori was also awarded for Best Director for his film series Oscar’s Hotel for Fantastical Creatures in the 2016 Streamy Awards. [10] In October 2016, PJ was nominated for the British Online Creator Awards (BONCAs) as the British Creator of the Year, but lost to Phil Lester. [11] Liguori was also nominated for the BONCAs Series of the Year for his film series Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures, yet lost to Adrian Bliss.[12]

Liguori has also appeared in two episodes of Benjamin Cook’s twelve part web series Becoming YouTube,[13][14] and was interviewed on the various topics Cook covered.

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 for Fantastical Creatures.[15] 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. 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.[16] 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.[17] [18]

Colour Bandits

In June 2013, Liguori released a video on his YouTube channel by the title Colour Bandit.[19] This film depicts Liguori as a "Colour Bandit" wearing all white and caked in white makeup. The film was developed by PJ Liguori, Sophie Newton, Jamie Swarbrick, and Louis Grant.

The Forever Train

In October 2013, Liguori released a short 8 minute film entitled The Forever Train.[20] This short film was created by PJ Liguori, Sophie Newton, Jamie Swarbrick, and Louis Grant. The film tells the story of a nameless protagonist on "The Forever Train," a train that travels through time. While on board, the man has humorous interactions with the fellow monsters and creatures as he tries to find his suitcase and ticket. There were quite a lot of YouTubers that acted in this film such as Chris Kendall, Thomas Ridgewell, Dan Howell, Phil Lester, and Dodie Clark.

References

  1. ↑ KickThePj, Channel Link, retrieved 2017-05-28
  2. ↑ KickThePj (2013-02-21), Draw My Life, retrieved 2017-05-28
  3. ↑ KickThePj (2013-06-25), I graduated, yo!, retrieved 2017-05-28
  4. ↑ KickThePj (2014-08-22), My New Apartment, retrieved 2017-05-28
  5. ↑ KickThePj (2015-03-29), I am now officially a british citizen!, retrieved 2017-05-28
  6. ↑ KickThePj (2013-02-21), Draw My Life, retrieved 2017-05-28
  7. ↑ KickThePj, Channel Link, retrieved 2017-05-28
  8. ↑ KickThePj (2011-10-07), Stories from Somewhere, retrieved 2017-05-28
  9. ↑ KickThePj (2013-02-21), Draw My Life, retrieved 2017-05-28
  10. ↑ Ten Eighty Magazine (2016-10-05), Oscar’s Hotel Wins Three Streamy Awards, retrieved 2017-05-28
  11. ↑ CelebMix, BONCAs 2016: Recap and List of Winners, retrieved 2017-05-28
  12. ↑ CelebMix, BONCAs 2016: Recap and List of Winners, retrieved 2017-05-28
  13. ↑ Benjamin Cook (2013-02-25), Girls on YouTube, retrieved 2017-05-28
  14. ↑ Benjamin Cook (2015-01-08), BECOMING YOUTUBE 2 TRAILER, retrieved 2017-05-28
  15. ↑ KickThePj (2014-10-16), Oscar's Hotel, retrieved 2017-05-28
  16. ↑ KickThePj (2015-04-18), SUPER HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT, retrieved 2017-05-28
  17. ↑ Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures, 2015-09-15, retrieved 2017-05-28
  18. ↑ Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures, retrieved 2017-05-28
  19. ↑ Colour Bandits, 2013-06-14, retrieved 2017-05-28
  20. ↑ The Forever Train, 2013-10-25, retrieved 2017-05-28

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