Steve Miner started his career in the movie Last House on the Left (1972) as assistant editor, production assistant, assistant producer and title designer.  Then he was editor for Here Come the Tigers (1978) and directed a number of movies, such as Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) (which he also produced), Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982) (in which also acted as Newscaster), House (1986), Soul Man (1986), Warlock (1989) (which he also produced), Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991), Forever Young (1992), My Father the Hero (1994) (aka Daddy Cool (1994)), Sherwood's Travels (1994), Big Bully (1996), Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (1998), Lake Placid (1999, also acted as pilot (uncredited)), and   Texas Rangers (2001).

He also directed some episodes of the TV series "Diagnosis Murder" (1993), "Chicago Hope" (1994), "The Practice" (1997), "Dawson's Creek" (1998, also as producer),  "Felicity" (1998), "Wasteland" (1999), "Kate Brasher" (2001) and "The Third Degree" (2001).