Aydin Kazimov was born on January 15, 1940, in
Baku. In 1958–1963, he studied at the journalism faculty of
Azerbaijan State University. Since 1963, he worked in the field of cinematography. In 1985, he graduated from the advanced training courses for creative and leading cinematographers in advertising at
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. He founded film press in Azerbaijan, worked as an editor-in-chief of "Kino" newspaper and "Film" magazine, the director of the Information and Advertising Bureau of the State Cinematography Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR, the head of the dubbing department at
AzTV, the head of the advertising department at "Azerkinovideo" PU, the deputy editor-in-chief, executive director of the Azerbaijan Cinema Encyclopedia, the deputy director and chief specialist of the
State Film Fund. From 1997 until now, he teaches the history of Azerbaijani cinema at the
Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts and is an associate professor of the named university. Currently, he works as a leading specialist of the cinema museum under the Azerbaijan State Film Fund. Until 2012, he worked as a senior specialist in film archives at the Film Fund. == Awards ==