Lou Congelio

Acme Fish Houston, Texas, US

About Us

For over 35 years, Lou Congelio has been involved in the creation of advertising for some of the most famous brands in America, including Coca-Cola, EXXON, Six Flags, Buc-ee’s, Lone Star Beer and Pizza Hut.

He has worked as copywriter, producer and creative director for some of the finest ad agencies in Houston including McCann-Erickson, W.B. Doner, Taylor Brown & Barnhill, STANANDLOU and ACME FISH.

His work has won its fair share of praise and awards along the way.

During his tenure as Program Director for the Houston Ad Federation, now AAF-Houston, Lou brought to Houston some of the most renowned names in advertising including George Lois, Sally Hogshead, Dave Schiff, Luke Sullivan and Mike Hughes.

As Chairman of HAF, Lou sought to unite the ad community by making the ad club more relevant and beneficial to its members. In 2005, Lou and members of the Houston advertising community founded Only in Houston, a division of AAF-Houston formed to celebrate and promote the creative talent that lives within our city.

Lou has also served on the Marketing Committee for the Greater Houston Partnership and is currently Chairman of the Just Ask Foundation, a 501©(3) organization dedicated to raising awareness of neurofibromatosis, a disorder close to Congelio's heart,

Sadly, his Houston advertising agency, STANANDLOU, closed in 2011 after 23 years in business. Happily, though, Lou has returned to his roots as sole writer and creative director for his new creative boutique, ACME FISH.

But, perhaps Mickey Rosemarie of TOOTSIES said it best, “Lou’s slow, but expensive!”