Santino was born in Cambridgeshire, England, to an Italian-English father and a Czech-English mother, in February 2007. He attended Hills Road Sixth Form College, at which his career begun. He was the mind behind "Double Bluff", and also helped Dylan Gracey with his surrealist masterpiece, "Make a Cup of Tea". Santino's career is one of few films, but each was made alongside his closest friends and with love.