Steven Hoban

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 fathers 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 cofounding and running an animation studio and RD facility for Imax Corporation He has produced ImaxR3D films feature films short films and animated films Steven Hoban is also the founder of the Torontobased 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 XMEN WATCHMEN science fiction horror DEBUG written and directed by David Hewlett Stagate Atlantis and most recently A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY which Hoban also codirected starring William Shatner On the Television side Hobans 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 Torontobased company Copperheart Entertainment