Elchin Musaoglu

Who is Elchin Musaoglu?

Elchin Musaoglu is a filmmaker. He spent his youth in the villages of Azerbaijan where he made theatrical performances with other youths. He accepted fruit as payment for tickets. The most favorite performance was the operetta Arshin Mal Alan by Uzeyir Hajibeyov.

His father Musa Guliyev was a professor of historical sciences and he was eager to see Elchin become a historian. However, Elchin has been dedicated to cinema and his father accepted that and never hindered him.

When 17 years old, in 1983, he entered Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts and Culture, the 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 Azerbaijanfilm as an assistant film director. The first film he produced was Leyli and Majnun based on the poem by Nizami Ganjavi. He worked in Azertelefilm from 1994 to 2004 as a film director and produced more than 30 documentaries and short films.