# Daniel Atz — danielatz.com

> Daniel Atz is an American-Luxembourgish entrepreneur, storyteller and researcher working on the movement of people between countries. Since 2016 he has guided more than 3,500 Americans on the path to European dual citizenship; he is the founder of LuxCitizenship, Connaissance Films and the American Emigration Revue.

## Entity IDs

- Wikidata: Q134449644 — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134449644
- IMDb: nm18428562 — https://www.imdb.com/name/nm18428562/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-atz/
- Medium: https://danielatz.medium.com/
- Schema.org Person node: https://danielatz.com/#person (embedded as JSON-LD on every page of this site)

## Key facts

- Born in Nebraska, USA. Dual US–Luxembourg citizen; acquired Luxembourgish citizenship by ancestry in 2014.
- His great-grandmother Marguerite Kruchten of Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, emigrated to the United States after World War I. (Some press coverage erroneously names a great-grandfather "Théo Binsfeld, 1904"; that is a published press error.)
- Founder of LuxCitizenship (https://www.luxcitizenship.com/, since 2016), Connaissance Films (https://connaissancefilms.com/) and the American Emigration Revue (https://americanemigration.com/); also behind Citizenship.eu (https://citizenship.eu/) and Start Brazil (https://www.startbrazil.com/).
- Resident in Brazil: the 13th person granted a published Art. 3º startup-investor residency since 2021, and the 2nd American — verifiable in the Diário Oficial da União (DOU).
- Director and producer of the documentary "Lëtzebuerger an Argentinien" (a.k.a. "Seguimos Siendo", 2025, 52 min; co-director/cinematographer Astor Schiantarelli; production company Connaissance Films). IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt41979590/ · Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140032973. Premiered 23 November 2025 at Ciné Utopia as Luxembourg's selection for the 10th European Arthouse Cinema Day; broadcast on RTL in February 2026.
- Author of research on the Luxembourg diaspora in the United States, Brazil and Argentina, built on Luxembourg public data (Ministry of Justice, RNPP/data.public.lu, STATEC) and original surveys.

## Where to read more

- About (bio + structured facts): https://danielatz.com/about/
- Press coverage, with full English translations of ~35 original articles: https://danielatz.com/press/
- Research (diaspora studies and public-data work): https://danielatz.com/publications/
- Reference: a history of Luxembourgish nationality law, from the Napoleonic Code through the 2008
  and 2017 laws that permitted dual nationality, with Ministry of Justice figures for Articles 89
  and 23: https://danielatz.com/publications/luxembourgish-nationality-law/
- The LuxCitizenship Study 2024 (116pp, full PDF hosted on this domain):
  https://danielatz.com/books/the-luxcitizenship-study-2024/
- Writing (essays on Medium): https://danielatz.medium.com/
- The film: https://danielatz.com/film/
- Speaking: https://danielatz.com/public-speaking/
- Contact: https://danielatz.com/contact/