What is Ismaël Lotz?
{{Infobox person | name = Ismaël Lotz | image = | caption = | birth_name = Daniël Naoki Raoël Ché Ismaël Lotz | birth_date = {{Birth date|1975|10|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Assen]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|1|12|1975|10|23|df=y}} | death_place = [[Groningen]], Netherlands | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = film director | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Daniël Naoki Raoël Ché Ismaël Lotz''' (23 October 1975 – 12 January 2022) was a Dutch movie director.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtvnoord.nl/video/887724/filmmaker-ismael-lotz-is-overleden-vriend-piet-van-dijken-denkt-terug |title=Filmmaker Ismaël Lotz is overleden, vriend Piet van Dijken denkt terug|work=[[RTV Noord]]|date=13 January 2022|access-date=17 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.trouw.nl/leven/kwetsbare-filmmaker-ismael-lotz-wapende-zich-met-zijn-camera~b8a6e1b4/?utm_source=link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shared_earned |title=Kwetsbare filmmaker Ismaël Lotz wapende zich met zijn camera|work=[[Trouw]]|date=14 January 2022|access-date=17 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref3>{{cite web|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/lotz-wilde-niets-liever-worden-dan-een-echte-filmmaker-en-een-medisch-wonder-het-eerste-lukte-hem-het-tweede-niet~b37838f9/?utm_source=link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shared_earned |title=Lotz wilde niets liever worden dan een echte filmmaker – én een medisch wonder. Het eerste lukte hem, het tweede niet|work=[[De Volkskrant]]|date=3 February 2022|access-date=17 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref> ==Biography== Lotz worked on several award-winning films, including ''Emily or Oscar'' (2021), ''I am Famous'' (short documentary, 2017), ''[[Who Is Alice]]'' (2017) and ''Fokking Short'' (short film, 2015). With his solo project ''Are You Now'' (2014-2021), he portrayed over 270 people by asking them to stand still for three minutes in front of his camera. The project was exhibited in 2