February 19th, 2013
Once a year, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) turns the spotlight on some of the most creative, engaging ads that feature music instruments and music making. The presentation made at the 2013 NAMM Show held at the An (more)
February 6th, 2013
Director Larry Ziegelman's latest short film, the Superman Sex-Comedy "Little Man of Steel", was recently covered by Dan Patton of Screen Magazine (Article here). The (more)
January 29th, 2013
If you haven't seen Sean Halvorsen's latest short comedy, "No Soliciting", check out the link here. Directed and co-written by Halvorsen, the short was also (more)
January 14th, 2013
Dan Mirvish's new film "Between Us", cut by Hootenanny's Dean Gonzalez, recently won Grand Prize at the Bahamas International Film Festival and will be scre (more)
October 29th, 2012
Hootenanny editor Graham Metzger recently teamed with agency The Escape Pod to create "The Dramatic Moment", a new Kraft commercial for the Lunchables line.
The spot creates a suspend (more)
August 22nd, 2012
After cutting in Los Angeles for over a decade, Editor Dean Gonzalez has returned to his hometown of Chicago to join the staff of Hootenanny. With a full range of editing chops, Gonzalez’s career has encompassed not only commercial (more)
August 2nd, 2012
Our Hootenanny family is rapidly expanding! We'd like to announce that the very talented Hannah Whelchel has been promoted to assistant editor! For those of you lucky enough to have had Hannah greet you at our front desk, you w (more)
July 12th, 2012
Chicago-based post house Hootenanny has promoted Sean Halvorsen to editor. Halvorsen, who has been with the post house since 2008 in the role of assistant editor, has recently completed work for clients DraftFCB, Leo Burnett, EnergyBBDO, an (more)
June 6th, 2012
(link) Our very own Graham Metzger recently teamed up with AE Marketing Group to design and edit this very cool, AWA (more)
May 23rd, 2012
(LINK) Liz recently teamed with our creative partners at Leo Burnett to create a piece for an amazing group of charter schools in Chicago- Perspective Charter Schoo (more)
April 27th, 2012
We're very proud of our recent collaboration with EPIC and the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance. "Dear 40-Yea (more)
April 9th, 2012
Spring is officially here! So why not throw a killer party to celebrate!
Please join us Wednesday, April 25th for our annual Hootenanny Spring Party!
Featuring the artwork of Todd Baxter, music by DJ Heaven Malone, drinks and fo (more)
February 17th, 2012
Wow! Our last entry was posted November 28th of last year. That seems like a lifetime ago! Sorry about that friend, let's get you caught up on the "goings on" here at Hootenanny over the past couple of months.
Fi (more)
November 28th, 2011
Just a reminder; most of the artwork displayed in the halls of Hootenanny is for sale. Come in and take a look around, or go to "space>artwork" on the website to view our current works of art. Makes a great gift for the holidays! (more)
October 28th, 2011
If you are a fan of ours on Facebook, then you have no doubt seen our series of creative video shorts written and directed by our own Sean Halvorsen. “Getting the whole staff involved with shooting has really portrayed the sense (more)
June 29th, 2011
Escape Pod continues to produce smart, funny work for their clients and the latest creation is no exception. With the mission of getting the message out to consumers that Claussen pickles are actually stored in the refrigerated section (more)
June 24th, 2011
Become a fan of Hootenanny on facebook, twitter and vimeo to get regular updates about goings on here at the Hoot as well as see our Friday morning shorts before anyone else. Click the social network of your choice in the lower right (more)
May 10th, 2011
Spring Party 2011 was a smash success. Big thanks to everyone for coming out and getting a little crazy with us. If you couldn't make it, feel free to check out some photos taken by Clayton Hauck Phot (more)
April 11th, 2011
Mark your calendars! Hootenanny & mr. moqo are having a party! Drink and mingle with us on Thursday, April 21st starting at 6pm. There will be tasty morsels, abundant cocktails, and DJ's Only Children for your listening (more)
March 14th, 2011
The Escape Pod recently completed a Babies"R"Us spot here, with Graham Metzger editing and Jim Annerino finishing. Creative Director Vinny Warren and Executive Producer Kent Kwiatt worked with Metzger to produce their first spot for the r (more)
March 11th, 2011
Hootenanny is proud to welcome Brooks Geenen as our new Smoke Assistant. Previously at Ki Edit & Design, he will assist Jim Annerino with all finishing and VFX/Compositing sessions. Although well accomplished in all aspects of post-prod (more)
September 16th, 2010
Clear mobile internet just finished a package here at Hootenanny, with Graham Metzger designing as well as editing the spots. Helming the project for A. Eicoff & Co. was the illustrious Jim Hoffman, with creative help from art director (more)
June 8th, 2010
She’s in charge of our business development, so give her a call if you’d like to see our reel. She’s also involved in the Shady Lady, the great new bar that just opened in River North, so have her take you out for a drink there! Surit (more)
April 28th, 2010
Hootenanny hosts a benefit for Free Spirit Media. Eat, drink and mingle with friends while celebrating and supporting the incredible potential of our youth. PLEASE JOIN US!
RSVP TODAY! Individual tickets are $50 and can be purchased onli (more)
March 10th, 2010
The party was a smash success. Thanks to everyone for coming out and toasting our new space. If you couldn't make it, feel free to check out some of the photos taken by Glitter Guts. The props really brought out the wild side of the (more)
February 19th, 2010
The dust has settled, the art is up and the party is on. Just like we promised.
Please join hootenanny, mr. moqo, and fxphd to celebrate our new space.
Thursday, March 4th, 6pm
230 E Ohio, 7th Floor
Featuring C (more)
January 25th, 2010
Hootenanny recently worked on the newly-designed Bally campaign with Tom, Dick & Harry Advertising. Utilizing a different design direction each month, the spots have allowed us to collaborate with two talented designers: mr. moqo and Ma (more)
December 3rd, 2009
Hootenanny, a Chicago-based post house founded in 2008, has moved into new office space at 230 East Ohio Street. The new 7500 sq ft loft allows much-needed space for the growing boutique, which will continue to share space with mr. moqo, a (more)
September 30th, 2009
On September 23rd, while awaiting for the Wendella Architecture Tour to depart, Sean Halvorsen got crapped on by a bird, possibly a diseased pigeon. Thus started the evening sponsored by ARU Chicago, attended by members of Hootenanny (more)
June 2nd, 2009
Film editor and Chicago native Dean Gonzalez is to be represented and housed by Hootenanny in his hometown. Gonzalez brings with him 10 years of commercial, music video, and long form film editing from the Los Angeles area. It's exciting t (more)
April 17th, 2009
mr. moqo, a new design studio headed by noted designer Robert von Bjal, has opened in Chicago. The studio’s focus, according to von Bjal, will be a unique blend of graphic design and animation princip (more)
March 17th, 2009
Editor Liz Tate is currently wearing the hat of professor, as she teaches an editorial class on the fxphd.com website. "The Craft of Editing" focuses on the theories of editing rather than the technical aspects. "It's been a great exper (more)
January 30th, 2009
Join us for a screening of two films edited by Hootenanny's Graham Metzger. "The Laundry" and "Sugar" will be shown on Thursday, February 5, 8PM at Angels and Kings Chicago, 710 N. Clark Street (more)
December 1st, 2008
By: Robert Leach - Hootenanny, launched nearly nine months ago by the creative team of Liz Tate and Jim Annerino, is no rookie to the post-production business; Tate's career as a creative editor spanned twenty years at Avenue Edit (more)
November 15th, 2008
"Sugar" has had great success on the film festival short program circuit, playing at Chicago International, Austin, Bend, Sidewalk, Feel Good, Next Gen, and the St. Louis Film Critic's Showcase where Metzger won for best editing. Beh a (more)
September 9th, 2008
Chicago, Illinois - September 9th , 2008 - Hootenanny, a Chicago-based editorial boutique, hosted an informational meeting for clients in August centering on the RED camera. FxPHD co-founder Mike Seymourwas in town from Australia and addres (more)
August 11th, 2008
Chicago, Illinois - August 11, 2008 - Editorial company Hootenanny has hired producer Don Avila to fill the role of Executive Producer at the newly-formed post house. Avila comes to Hootenanny from JWT Chicago, where he served as the Direct (more)
May 19th, 2008
Chicago, Illinois - May 19th, 2008 - Editor Graham Metzger has joined the creative editorial roster at Hootenanny, the newly formed post-production company that opened in early spring at 211 East Grand Ave., Chicago. Metzger comes to Hooten (more)
