Samir Gulamov was born on 21 October 1977 in Baku. He studied at the 'Drama and Film Acting' faculty of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, in the class of People's Artists Azarpasha Namatov and Aliabbas Gadirov (1995–2000). He also studied at the 'Advanced Screenwriting and Directing' faculty of Rustam Ibrahimbayov's International Film School (2007–2009), took part in an American-Azerbaijani film directing course (2009), and studied at the 'International Economic Relations' faculty of Azerbaijan State University of Economics (2009–2011).
