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.