Paul Hoen

Paul Hoen is an American film director and producer. He is best known for his directorial work with Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, especially his direction of Disney Channel Original Movies. He has directed and produced projects such as The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008), Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010), Zombies (2018), Zombies 2 (2020) and Zombies 3 (2022). Hoen studied drama, film and television at the University of Santa Clara. He was admitted to the Directors Guild of America in 1987. Since then he has directed several television films such as Jump In, Read It and Weep, Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off, You Wish!, Tru Confessions starring Shia LaBeouf and the comedy The Luck of the Irish starring Ryan Merriman. Both Jump In and Luck of the Irish on first airing were the Disney Channel's highest rated programs. Hoen has won two DGA awards for the films Jump In and Let It Shine. He has also been nominated for three other DGA awards for the films Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, "Take My Sister Please", an episode from the series Even Stevens, and Searching for David's Heart, the ABC Family Movie starring Danielle Panabaker. The film was also nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Family Television Movie or Special and Danielle Panabaker won the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a TV Movie. The film was also the 2005 recipient of The Humanitas Prize. You Wish!, Jump In and Zombies were also nominated for Humanitas Prizes.