Mohsen Ahmed al-Azzawi was born in April 1939 in Dhi Qar province in southern Iraq. He began his career as a director in 1958 with the play "Cell No.

16" He graduated from the Academy of Dramatic and Musical Arts in Baghdad in 1960. He was a teacher at the Institute of Fine Arts, before being seconded to teach general culture in Saudi Arabia in 1968. He published his book "Betting on Time" in 2017, which is an autobiography in which he dealt with his artistic life.