Southdown Creative is an award-winning film

Film

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 and video

Video

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 and live event production company

Production company

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 headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The company is primarily known for its creation of comedic corporate videos, such as the Telly Award-winning "See the Future" and the First Sundays Comedy Film Festival award winning "The Man Behind the Motion".

History

Southdown Creative's Fred Northup, Jr.

Fred Northup, Jr.

Fred Northup, Jr. is a comedy improvisor, emcee, auctioneer, writer, musician, director, and producer living in Seattle, Washington. He is the President and founder of Southdown Creative.-Early life:...

 met his future business partner, Ryan McFaul

Ryan McFaul

Ryan McFaul is an award-winning director, editor, and visual effects specialist living in Brooklyn, New York.-Early years:McFaul began creating short films while growing up in suburban Maine...

, while both were attending NYU Film School. While there, Northup was hired by Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

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into its film unit, the unit primarily responsible for producing the fake commercials. After Saturday Night Live, Northup worked in Los Angeles at Warner Bros. Television

Warner Bros. Television

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 before moving to Seattle. After working for five years as a creative writer for Microsoft Game Studios

Microsoft Game Studios

Microsoft Studios is the video game production wing for Microsoft, responsible for the development and publishing of games for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Games for Windows and Windows Phone platforms. They were established in 2002 as Microsoft Game Studios to coincide with the release of the Xbox, before...

, Northup founded Southdown Creative.

Current projects

In addition to its corporate clients, Southdown Creative completed production on two seasons of The Local Music Show, a television program hosted by KEXP

KEXP

KEXP-FM is a public radio station based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in alternative and indie rock programmed by its disc jockeys. Its broadcasting license is owned by the University of Washington, which operates the station in a partnership with Paul Allen's Experience Music Project...

's John Richards

John Richards (disc jockey)

John Richards is an American radio personality. He is the host and producer of The Morning Show and Audioasis on 90.3 FM KEXP Seattle, Washington. He is also KEXP’s associate program director and is referred to on air as "John in the Morning" which was composed as the intro song for The Morning Show...

. They are currently in development on a television pilot.