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)
April 14th, 2008
Chicago, Illinois - April 14, 2008 - Chicago has become the home to a new boutique post-production house with the addition of Hootenanny, a shop founded in April by former Avenue artists Jim Annerino and Liz Tate. The shop opened April 14th (more)
