Born in 1941 in Leningrad, Lipartiya studied at the St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (FINEC). In 1960 she was hired by Lenfilm Studios. Since 1976 she has edited close to sixty films, collaborating with such distinguished directors as Aleksei Balabanov, Dinara Asanova and Dmitry Meskhiev. She holds the title “Honored Filmmaker of Russia.”

FILMOGRAPHY)
2005	Italianets (The Italian)
2005	Pervyj Posle Boga (First After God)
2003	Osobennosti Natsionalnoi Politiki (Peculiarities of the National Politics)
2002	Dnevnik Kamikadze (Diary of a Kamikaze)
2001	Mekhanicheskaya Suita (Mechanical Suite)
1997	Brat (Brother)
1997	Upyr’ (Vampire)
1994	Zamok (The Castle)
1985	Prostaya Smert’ (A Simple Death)
1984	Milyi, Dorogoi, Lyubimyi, Edinstvennyi (My Sweet, My Dear, My Beloved, My Only One)
1983	Patsany (Teenagers, aka Tough Kids)
1979	Zhena Ushla (The Wife Has Left)