Miftachul Arifin lahir di Kediri pada 9 November 1996. Menempuh pendidikan di Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta, Program Studi S-1 Film dan Televisi. Aktif mengikuti organisasi tingkat institut, yaitu Lembaga Pers Mahasiswa Pressisi, serta turut andil menjadi salah satu penulis dan editor dalam media cetak: Majalah Art Effect, Buletin Kontemporer, dan Zine K-Louder, serta media daring lpmpressisi.com. Ia pernah menjadi kontributor terpilih kategori cerpen lomba Sayembara Goresan Pena oleh Jendela Sastra Indonesia (2017), Juara Harapan 1 lomba Kepenulisan Cerita Pendek oleh Ikatan Penulis Mahasiswa Al Khoziny (2018), Penulis Terpilih lomba Cipta Puisi 2018 Tingkat Nasional oleh Sualla Media (2018), dan menjadi Juara Utama lomba Short Story And Photography Contest oleh Kamadhis UGM (2018). Latar belakangnya sebagai mahasiswa film dan minatnya dalam bidang kepenulisan, menjadi motivasi dan alasannya untuk bergabung dengan Komunitas Film Montase pada September 2019, dan aktif menulis review film-film Indonesia.

Miftachul Arifin was born in Kediri on November 9, 1996. He studied at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI) in Yogyakarta, a Bachelor Degree Program in Film and Television. He actively participates in institute level organizations, namely the Pressisi Student Press Institute, and has contributed to being one of the writers and editors in print media: Art Effect Magazine, Contemporary Bulletin, and Zine K-Louder, and online media lpmpressisi.com. He was once the chosen contributor in the short story category of the Pen Scratching Contest by the Indonesian Literature Window (2017), the First Champion in the Short Story Writing Competition by the Al Khoziny Student Writers Association (2018), Selected Writer in the 2018 National Poetry Copyright Competition by Sualla Media (2018) , and became the Main Champion of the Short Story And Photography Contest contest by UGM Kamadhis (2018). His background as a film student and his interest in writing, became his motivation and reason for joining the Montage Film Community in September 2019, and actively wrote reviews of Indonesian films.