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Paul John "P. J." Hogan (born 1962 in Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
) is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
.

His first big hit was the 1994 Australian film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 Muriel's Wedding
Muriel's Wedding

Muriel's Wedding is an Australian black comedy/drama written and directed by P. J. Hogan.Hogan, whose screenplay incorporates a number of events in his own life, cast relatively unknown Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths in the lead roles....
, which helped launch the careers of actors Toni Collette
Toni Collette

Antonia "Toni" Collette is an Australian actor and musician, known for her acting work on stage actor, television and film actor as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish....
 and Rachel Griffiths
Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Anne Griffiths is an Australian Golden Globe- and SAG Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated film and television, actress known primarily for her roles in films and television....
. The success of the film also led him to be chosen by Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts

Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress and former fashion model. She became well known during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed $463 million worldwide....
 to direct his 1997 American debut My Best Friend's Wedding
My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding is a 1997 in film romantic comedy film from TriStar Pictures, directed by P. J. Hogan.It stars Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney, Rupert Everett and Rachel Griffiths....
, which also starred Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz

Cameron Michelle Diaz is an United States actress. In August 2008, Forbes listed Diaz as the highest paid actress in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California....
 and Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney

Dermot Mulroney is an United States actor....
.

Hogan followed up My Best Friend's Wedding with the comedy Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love is the title of a sleeper comedic film released in 2002. The film follows Grace Beasley who in the face of her failing marriage, and the death of her favorite pop star, learns the value and limitations of unconditional love, and the evils of sexism and homophobia....
 (which was filmed in 1999 but not released until 2003), and 2003's big budget adaptation of Peter Pan
Peter Pan (2003 film)

Peter Pan is a film released on December 25, 2003 as a joint venture of Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios. P. J. Hogan film director a screenplay co-written with Michael Goldenberg which is based on the classic play and novel by J....
 starring Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs is a United Kingdom actor born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, who is known for his performances as Death Eater Death Eater#Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series films, and as lifelong criminal Michael Caffee in the internationally-broadcast Television in the United States series Brotherhood ....
 as Captain Hook
Captain Hook

File:DuMaurier.jpgCaptain James Hook is a fictional character and the antagonist of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations....
, Jeremy Sumpter
Jeremy Sumpter

Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter is an American actor. He is known for playing the lead role in the 2003 film version of Peter Pan ....
 as Peter Pan
Peter Pan

Peter Pan is a character created by Scotland novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to aging, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys , interacting with Mermaid, Native_Americans_in_the_United_States, f...
 and Rachel Hurd-Wood
Rachel Hurd-Wood

Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood is a United Kingdom actor. Her break-out role was as Wendy Darling in the 2003 movie Peter Pan ....
 as Wendy.






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Paul John "P. J." Hogan (born 1962 in Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
) is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
.

His first big hit was the 1994 Australian film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 Muriel's Wedding
Muriel's Wedding

Muriel's Wedding is an Australian black comedy/drama written and directed by P. J. Hogan.Hogan, whose screenplay incorporates a number of events in his own life, cast relatively unknown Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths in the lead roles....
, which helped launch the careers of actors Toni Collette
Toni Collette

Antonia "Toni" Collette is an Australian actor and musician, known for her acting work on stage actor, television and film actor as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish....
 and Rachel Griffiths
Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Anne Griffiths is an Australian Golden Globe- and SAG Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated film and television, actress known primarily for her roles in films and television....
. The success of the film also led him to be chosen by Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts

Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress and former fashion model. She became well known during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed $463 million worldwide....
 to direct his 1997 American debut My Best Friend's Wedding
My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding is a 1997 in film romantic comedy film from TriStar Pictures, directed by P. J. Hogan.It stars Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney, Rupert Everett and Rachel Griffiths....
, which also starred Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz

Cameron Michelle Diaz is an United States actress. In August 2008, Forbes listed Diaz as the highest paid actress in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California....
 and Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney

Dermot Mulroney is an United States actor....
.

Hogan followed up My Best Friend's Wedding with the comedy Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love is the title of a sleeper comedic film released in 2002. The film follows Grace Beasley who in the face of her failing marriage, and the death of her favorite pop star, learns the value and limitations of unconditional love, and the evils of sexism and homophobia....
 (which was filmed in 1999 but not released until 2003), and 2003's big budget adaptation of Peter Pan
Peter Pan (2003 film)

Peter Pan is a film released on December 25, 2003 as a joint venture of Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios. P. J. Hogan film director a screenplay co-written with Michael Goldenberg which is based on the classic play and novel by J....
 starring Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs is a United Kingdom actor born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, who is known for his performances as Death Eater Death Eater#Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series films, and as lifelong criminal Michael Caffee in the internationally-broadcast Television in the United States series Brotherhood ....
 as Captain Hook
Captain Hook

File:DuMaurier.jpgCaptain James Hook is a fictional character and the antagonist of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations....
, Jeremy Sumpter
Jeremy Sumpter

Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter is an American actor. He is known for playing the lead role in the 2003 film version of Peter Pan ....
 as Peter Pan
Peter Pan

Peter Pan is a character created by Scotland novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to aging, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys , interacting with Mermaid, Native_Americans_in_the_United_States, f...
 and Rachel Hurd-Wood
Rachel Hurd-Wood

Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood is a United Kingdom actor. Her break-out role was as Wendy Darling in the 2003 movie Peter Pan ....
 as Wendy. The following year he directed a pilot
Television pilot

A television pilot is a test episode of an intended television series. It is an early step in the development of a television series, much like pilot lights or pilot serve as precursors to the start of larger activity, or pilot holes prepare the way for larger holes....
 for a remake
Dark Shadows (2004)

Dark Shadows is a one hour Television pilot that was a remake of the 1966–1971 series Dark Shadows. The pilot was commissioned by The WB Television Network and produced in 2004....
 of the cult soap opera Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows is a Gothic Romanticism soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the American Broadcasting Company television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971....
, which was not picked up for broadcast, and created the story for the 2008 musical film The American Mall
The American Mall

The American Mall is an 2008 MTV musical film that debuted on August 11, 2008. The movie was received with very low ratings, averaging 436,000 viewers....
. He then directed Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic (film)

Confessions of a Shopaholic is a 2009 in film film adaptation of the Shopaholic series of novels by Sophie Kinsella. It is directed by P....
, an adaptation of the novel The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic

The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic is the first in the popular Shopaholic . It is a chick-lit novel by Sophie Kinsella, a pen-name of Madeline Wickham....
 starring Isla Fisher
Isla Fisher

Isla Lang Fisher is an Australian actor and author. She began acting on Australian Television, playing Shannon Reed on the Australian soap opera Home and Away, and has since become known for her roles in the 2005 comedy Wedding Crashers, opposite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, and 2009's Confessions of a Shopaholic ....
.

Hogan is married to film director Jocelyn Moorhouse
Jocelyn Moorhouse

Jocelyn Denise Moorhouse is an Australian writer and film director born in Victoria, Australia on September 4, 1960.Moorhouse did her HSC year in 1978 at Vermont High School, which is the same high school that Gillian Armstrong attended a few years earlier....
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