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. He is already a professional painter having his work shown at The Melet Mercantile art gallery in DTLA and has sold several of his paintings. He has also been studying classical dance since 2 1/2, has acted in a few films and makes his own music. His first directorial film Bird in the Wild (2020), that he wrote, acted, directed, edited and did the music for has been an official selection at many film festivals. Gio loves to be outdoors hiking and at the beach, building Legos and watching and making movies.