After graduating from the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts in Baku, Imam Hasanov made his debut as a stage director and founded the Creative Youth Organization – Azerbaijan Union of Theatrical Figures. In 2006, he started working as a film director for national television. Hasanov is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents program. Holy Cow is his first feature documentary. It was awarded at the rough-cut workshop DOK.Incubator.