Career
In 1981, on a scholarship to the United States., he enrolled in the creative writing programme of the San Francisco Art Institute. Following his return to West Germany, Kunkel joined the staff of advertising agency Young & Rubicam, then in 1988 joined the Swiss GGK in London, England. After marrying Dutch artist Gerda Bakker, he moved to Amsterdam in 1992 and re-joined Young & Rubicam as creative director, quitting in 1996 to take up directing and writing.
He now lives in Switzerland and the Netherlands.
His latest novel "Subs" will be put into film by director Oskar Roehler.
