Elchin Musaoghlu was born on 11 July 1966 in Baku. He studied at the Directing Faculty of the M. A. Aliyev Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts (1983-1990) and in Mark Zakharov''s class at the Moscow Theatre Institute. He worked at the "Azerbaijanfilm" film studio (1990), at Akademstudio (1992), and at the "Azerbaijantelefilm" Creative Association (1994-2004). Since 2005 he has worked at Ritm Production. He is the founder of the "Cinema House" Producer Centre. He is a member of the Azerbaijan Cinematographers'' Union and the Turkish Documentary Filmmakers'' Union. He is the author and director of more than 50 documentary and feature films.
