Hogan received attention for writing, directing and editing "Getting Wet" (1984), which won two Australian Film Institute Awards, including Best Short Fiction. His extensive Australian TV credits include the 1986 movie "The Humpty Dumpty Man" (released internationally on video, in 1988), which he directed and co-wrote, and "Sloth" (1993), an episode of the "Seven Deadly Sins" series. In 1991, he was second unit director and script editor on the acclaimed feature "Proof", directed by his wife, Jocelyn Moorhouse.