Nijat Fayzullayev was born on 1 November 1945 in Baku, into the family of the renowned artists Latif Fayzullayev and Vajiha Samadova. He studied at the Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute from 1964 to 1969, and at the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography from 1973 to 1979. He worked at the "Azerbaijanfilm" film studio from the 1970s. He was the production director and screenwriter of several documentary and short feature films. He passed away on 4 May 2015.
