Elchin Musaoglu was born in 1966 in Baku. At the age of 17 he entered the Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts and Culture, faculty of theatre directors. As soon as he completed the 2nd course he was drafted to the Soviet Army in Ukraine, where he spent two years. After coming back from the army he continued his education both in Azerbaijan and Moscow. The last year of university he spent at the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts in the workshop of Mark Zakharov.
In 1990 he was hired by …
1990 – "Leyla and Majnun" (55 minutes 16 mm)
1994 – Killer (65 minutes TV)
1995 – P.S. (70 minutes TV)
1996 – “The Third Side of the Record” (35 minutes TV)
1997 – “A Grain of Sand” (49 minutes TV)
1997 – “A Diary of a Traveller” (37 minutes TV)
1998 – The Azerbaijan Carpet (65 minutes TV)
1999 – Magister Dixet (74 minutes TV)
2000 – Niyazi (60 minutes TV)
2001 – “The Sun and the Cloud” (28 minutes TV)
2002 – “The Light of My Eyes” (16 minutes TV)
2003 – “Glass Toys” (12 minutes TV)
2007 – "German-Azerbaijan Friendship Relations" (45 minutes TV)
2008 – The 40th Door (82 minutes 35mm)
2014 – Nabat (105 minutes DCP)
