BIOGRAPHY
Giosué Bottini was born in New York City to actress/writer Nicole Arlyn and Italian jazz musician Massimo Bottini from the band Gabin. He was raised in Brooklyn until he was 3 then moved to Los Angeles with his mom. When he was 2 it was easy to see his passion for painting, and at 3 he started selling them. His first show was at 5 years old with the artist Lucien Smith at The Melet Mercantile Art Gallery in Downtown, Los Angeles. A month after he began making his own films, writing, acting, directing, and musically composing them. His first directorial film Bird in the Wild (2020), has been an official selection in over 20 film festivals. He then acted in many indie films and currently costars as Little Lucas on Tiny Beautiful Things on Hulu. He also is extremely passionate about Mathematics and studies high maths at UCLA. Gio is also at work on two novels, and two feature screenplays, just completed another short film called Looking for Pacino, and is working on a musical album of some original songs. He continues to paint and explore all types of art.
Art Show Article
Gio is also an accomplished filmmaker:
https://www.romacinephilia.com/post/bird-in-the-wild
https://www.fullshotcinemag.com/post/giosu%C3%A9-bottini-and-bird-in-the-wild
https://filmdaily.co/indie-film/indie-filmmakers/bird-wild-bottini/