Lidia Sheinin was born in St Petersburg. Lived and studied in the US, where started making short films. Later she took interest in non-fiction cinematography and became a student of School of Documentary Film and Theatre by Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov.

Filmography:

“Happily Ever After” (“Долго и Счастливо”), director, screenplay, 2007

“Parts” (“Части”), director, screenplay, 2010

“Mom” (“Мама”), director, screenplay, 2013