Giosué
Bottini

Ciao! 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 and his dad returned to Italia. When he was 2 it was easy to see his passion for painting, and at 3 he starting 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 films and has made 8 more short films (in festivals), and currently costars as Little Lucas on Tiny Beautiful Things on Hulu. He has also written 2 feature films both of which are in pre-production, one musical film with legendary director Tony Kaye attached.

Giosué studies high maths (calculus, physics) at UCLA university. Gio is also is working on a musical album of some original songs. He continues to paint and explore all types of art and FILMS and is currently showing his larger paintings at Artists Matter gallery in Topanga Canyon, LA.