Oktay Mirgasimov was born on 12 June 1943 in the city of Baku. From 1963 to 1968 he studied at the directing faculty of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, then returned to Baku to work at the Azerbaijanfilm film studio. He is the director and screenwriter of a number of documentary and feature films. His films have won prizes at All-Union festivals. He is a People's Artist of Azerbaijan. From 1992 to 2001 he served as general director of the "Azerkinovideo" Production Association. In 2015 he was awarded the Jafar Jabbarli prize. On 7 June 2018 he was awarded the "Sharaf" order. On 2 August 2018 he was awarded the National Film Prize of the Azerbaijan Union of Cinematographers.
