Born in Switzerland, Theo Kunz spent his childhood between a village in Val Bregaglia and the metropolis of Beijing, his mother's hometown. He graduated from Xiamen University with a degree in Chinese. After several years of aimless traveling between West and East, he goes to London to work in a travel agency.
In 2023, he graduated as a film director at the CISA (Conservatory International School of Audiovisual Sciences). In 2024 he co-founded the collective aringa films. MÉTROPOLE is his debut film.