Demetrius L. Witherspoon (born 1974) is an African American film director, producer, screenwriter, and entrepreneur. In 2013, he created the Award-Winning, Sci-Fi franchise, Submerge Universe.
The Submerge Universe consists of five award-winning films. Submerge: Echo 51 (2017), #4 in the series is currently available on Amazon Prime, Tubi, and Apple TV. Submerge: Blue Star, #5 in the series premiered the fall of 2022. An award- winning animated pilot, Submerge: Krag Conquest (2021) is on YouTube. Currently in development, is the feature film, Submerge: Galaxy of Subversion, Submerged in the Ukraine ( an Documentary), and an animated spin-off series, Submerge Universe: The Figure. In addition to the films, Submerge Universe currently has two comic Books, Lyte and 51X that are sold in comic stores and cons, with the third comic, The Figure now in development. The novel, Submerge: Echo 51 is also on Amazon Prime and sold at cons. The Submerge Universe also includes a card game, action figures, apparel, and much more. Demetrius has had the pleasure of working with talents such as actor Bishop Stevens from Walking Dead, Chicago P.D. and Girl on the Third Floor (Netflix) and actress Katy O’Brian from Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Seasons 2 & 3), ZNation, Marvel’s Agents of Shield and Westworld.
As a child, Demetrius always loved to watch movies. His childhood favorites were films like Star Wars, Superman, Indiana Jones and others. Films feed his spirit of imagination. That determination has had a direct impact on his life. Starting as a RnB singer and DJ, he continued his passion to create by filming and producing his own music videos. He loves to see his dreams unfold into reality while continuing to create his own Star Wars-like universe. Demetrius prides himself on being an active participant in nourishing the creativity that abounds in the film community and is working to develop content that will stream on multiple platforms.