Emil Islam oghlu Najafov was born in Yerevan. He studied at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics (1996–2000). He worked at the State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1998–2002), as line producer at "M group production" (2002–2004), as executive director there (2004–2006), as producer at "No Problem" LLC (2006–2007), as producer at "Made in Baku Production" (2007–2009), and as producer at "Ultra Production" (2010–2022). He served as executive director of the TV projects "Merc Shou" and "Mashin Shou," produced by "M group production." Since 2022 he has been deputy director of the "Azerbaijanfilm" studio. He has organised, produced and co-produced the filming of numerous foreign films on Azerbaijani territory. The films he has produced have taken part in the competition sections of various international festivals and have been awarded prizes.
