Steven "Steve" Hoban (born 1964) is a Canadian film producer. He has been nominated for three Genie Awards and won another. He has collaborated with Vincenzo Natali, David Hewlett, and Chris Landreth on multiple films. He is perhaps best known for Splice and the Ginger Snaps trilogy.
Early life Steve Hoban was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in 1964.
Career Hoban and director Vincenzo Natali are friends and have collaborated on several films, including Nothing, Splice, and Haunter. Hoban has also collaborated with Chris Landreth on animated shorts, including The Spine and Ryan, which won an Academy Award.
In 2001, Hoban co-founded 49th Parallel, a Montreal-based film production company. Among the early projects that they produced was Natali's 2003 film Nothing and Landreth's 2004 short Ryan. Hoban's new company, Copperheart Entertainment, is based in Toronto.
In 2013, he collaborated with Natali again to produce and direct the television series Darknet. This was his directorial debut.
A television adaptation of William Gibson's The Peripheral was put into development in April 2018, with Hoban an executive producer.
Personal life Hoban told Screen International that his favorite film is Taken, but not for creative reasons; Hoban said that he admires the film for its repeatable business model and success at the American box office despite its lack of traditional indicators of success.
Awards
Year Film Award Result Ref 1997 Elevated Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama 2005 Ryan Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Animated Short 2010 The Spine Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Animated Short 2011 Splice Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture
Filmography
Films + Producer Credits Title Year Notes Half Nelson 1992 Short Blood and Donuts 1995 Elevated 1996 Short Paint Misbehavin''' || 1997 || Short |- | Ginger Snaps || 2000 || |- | CyberWorld || 2000 || Short |- | Nemesis Game || 2003 || Executive producer |- | Nothing || 2003 || |- | Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed || 2004 || |- | Ryan || 2004 || Short |- | Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning || 2004 || |- | Alter Egos || 2004 || Documentary about the making of Ryan|- | Black Christmas || 2006 || |- | Young People Fucking || 2007 || |- | Paradise || 2007 || Short |- | The Spine || 2009 || Short |- | Splice || 2009 || |- | 388 Arletta Avenue || 2011 || |- | Haunter || 2013 || |- | Subconscious Password || 2013 || Short, executive producer |- | Wolves || 2014 || |- | Debug || 2014 || |- | A Christmas Horror Story || 2015 || also director |- | In the Tall Grass || 2019 || |- | Night of the Zoopocalypse'' 2025 also writer
Television Title Year Notes Darknet 2013 Also director The Peripheral 2022
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