Steven Hoban was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1964 to Kenneth and Francoise Hoban. He grew up living in a number of countries due to his father's employment with the Canadian Foreign Service. Prior to becoming a film producer his career included being VP business affairs at a completion bond company followed by co-founding and running an animation studio and R&D facility for Imax Corporation. He has produced Imax(R)3D films, feature films, short films, and animated films.

Steven Hoban is also the founder of the Toronto-based film and television production company Copperheart Entertainment. He has produced numerous successful feature films, the Academy Award® winning computer animated short, RYAN, The cult hit trilogy GINGER SNAPS, the Vincenzo Natali directed HAUNTER starring Abigail Breslin as well as SPLICE starring Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley, His recent features include action thriller WOLVES starring Jason Momoa and Lucas Till, written and directed by David Hayter (X-MEN, WATCHMEN), science fiction horror DEBUG written and directed by David Hewlett (Stagate Atlantis) and most recently A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY, which Hoban also co-directed, starring William Shatner. On the Television side, Hoban's most recent production is the urban chiller DARKNET created by Hoban and Vincenzo Natali, along with several other projects in active development including the HBO dramatic television series SHAKEDOWN with James Ellroy and David Fincher, INCARNATE, a supernatural horror series executive produced by Clive Barker. Hoban continues to produce films at his Toronto-based company Copperheart Entertainment.