Rafig Nasirov Alish oghlu was born on 27 May 1947 in the city of Sabirabad. He entered secondary school in 1954, and in 1961 entered the architecture faculty of the Polytechnic College. After graduating from the college in 1964, he entered the architecture faculty of the Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute. Since 1969 he has worked as an architect at the Jafar Jabbarli Azerbaijanfilm film studio, and since 1980 he has headed the decorative structures department, working as a production designer from that same year. Over these years he has been the production designer of more than 40 feature films.
