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Jon is both a real person and a character. This article focuses on the real life person.
Gary Busey

Jon being mistaken for Gary Busey in the Rooster Teeth Short, "Star Struck."

"Hi! My name is Jon. Legendary director and writer of shows such as Arby 'n' the Chief from machinima.com. And, um... I know in my shows... I have a reputation for being a little self-critical and derogatory to myself, making fun of myself, you know... It's nice to be honest for a change, because... I always had a feeling that stuff that I write... is almost godly in a sense, you know what I mean? Just like... It sounds like I'm being sarcastic, but I'm actually not, like... I just think I'm sort of better than anybody else and... I finally get a chance to admit that."
— introducing himself in CJG@E3, part 1

Jonathan "Jon" Christopher James Graham, also known as Jon CJG and formerly as DigitalPh33r, is a Canadian writer, director, cinematographer, editor and composer; best known for creating the web series Arby 'n' the Chief as well as other machinima shows such as Deus Ex Machina, Hard Justice, and One Life Remaining.

In 2016 he began production of See Me After Class, a memoir podcast focusing on life during and after school.

Biography[]

Jon was born in May 31st, 1988 in Glasgow, Scotland[citation needed], to Lesley-Anne and Barry Dominic Graham.[1] He moved to Vancouver, BC, Canada very early in his childhood and currently lives there. Jon has said that one of the earliest moments that sparked his interest in filmmaking was a video with toys made by his dad.[2]

Since 2007, Jon has been releasing various machinima videos on YouTube, with modest success. A major breakthrough in his career was the release of Master Chief Sucks at Halo, which was shortly followed by Master Chief Sucks at Halo 2. After the latter was released, Jon was contacted by Machinima Inc. and offered a contract to create more videos for the network.

The first work of Jon's distributed by Machinima Inc. was Master Chief Sucks at Halo 3, and later Arby 'n' the Chief. Simultaneously with Arby 'n' the Chief, Jon has released various other shows like Deus Ex Machina, Hard Justice and One Life Remaining, most of which focused more on dramatic elements.

From 2011 to 2015 Jon has studied at Capilano University in Vancouver. In 2015, he received a BFA degree in Motion Picture Arts.[3]

Filmography[]

Year Title Role
2007 Abnormality Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects, various voices
2007 Megaman Goes to Willamette Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects, various voices
2007 Playin' With the Chief Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects, various voices
2007 "OMG Resident Evil 5 is Racist" Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects, various voices
2007 Road to Voi Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects, various voices
2007 Master Chief Sucks at Halo Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects, various voices
2007–present Arby 'n' the Chief Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects; voices himself, Scott Loveheart, Josh Butterballs, Trent Donnovich, Clyde, Eugene Black, various other characters
2007 Deus Ex Machina Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects, various voices
2008 It's a Wonderful Live Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects, various voices
2008 Final Moments Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects, various voices
2008 DigitalPh33r's Guide to Making Halo 3 Machinima Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects, various voices
2008 Hard Justice Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects, various voices
2009 One Life Remaining Writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, sound design, visual effects, various voices
2011 Rooster Teeth Shorts Himself (Guest; Two Episodes)
2013 Moment of Reflection Writer, director, editor
2013 Black Hole Writer, director, editor
2014 Film and You Writer, director; Cameron Shuttersnap
2015 Wyblowski's Redemption Writer, story editor, voice

Voice Acting[]

During Seasons 1 - 4, The Movie and Endgame, Jon voiced nearly every character in the series aside from the odd few, voiced by Daniel Laszlo, and the main characters. Starting with Season 5 he obtained better voice acting support, having a much wider cast in the show; however he still chooses to voice a few characters.

Trivia[]

  • Jon revealed on his blog on December 3, 2011 that he is a smoker.
  • Jon has worked with Rooster Teeth before and has even starred in three Rooster Teeth shorts called Star Struck, Oh My God It's GARY BUSEY and A Pirate's Life.
  • Jon got only 65% on his final assignment for one of his film classes, as revealed in the commentary for the episode "Severance". The reason for this is because the teacher considered his script too violent.
  • Jon revealed on his June 16, 2012 blog update that he is a huge fan of the AMC show "Breaking Bad."
  • Jon stated in his commentary for "Cradle to Grave" that his favorite movie is "2001: A Space Odyssey", crediting it for his understanding of subtext. This was mentioned subtly in the episode, "Silly Billies" through the Arbiter mentioning the same.
  • Jon jokingly claimed in his Twitter feed that "CJ" in his name stands for "Clit Jiggler". The CJ in his name actually stands for Christopher James.

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