Ismayil Iman was born in Baku. He studied at the Baku Institute of Social Management and Political Science (1999). He worked in banking for a while. He is the scriptwriter of the documentary film “Journey to the Center of the Earth” (2016, Russia) by foreign film producers, and the editor of the feature film “I Work in the Cemetery” (2021, Ukraine, Poland). His plays have been awarded in Russia.