Tuychiev was born in 1977 in Tashkent, then a state of the Soviet Union known as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.
[1] He attended the Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture in Tashkent, graduating in 1999.
The following year he attended the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors in Moscow,[1] graduating in 2002.
[4] Tuychiev was co-winner of the Golden Cyclo Award at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema, for his film P.S.
in 2011, sharing the award with Liu Hao.