With her new comedy Hi Mom, comedian-turned-director Jia Ling broke through the reign of male directors during the biggest box office period in China and now the world – the Chinese New Year vacation period.

随着贾玲的电影《你好,李焕英》的上映，喜剧演员转型导演的贾玲突破了一直由男性导演掌控的春节档高票房的现状。

With a cumulating box office of 1.8 billion RMB as of the end of Feb. 15, she broke records set previously by Rene Liu’s Us and Them (1.3 billion RMB ) to become the female director with the highest box office in China.

截至2月15日，她的累计票房已达18亿元人民币，打破了此前女性导演刘若英《后来的我们》创下的13亿元票房纪录，成为中国票房最高的女导演。

The film written, directed, and starring Jia Ling is also the first non-animated film opening in the period to have a woman as the top-billing actor, the first to be told from a female perspective, and the first to star two women (the other one being her long-time collaborator and co-star Zhang Xiaofei). Congrats, Jia Ling and Zhang Xiaofei!

这部由贾玲导演和主演的电影也是该时期第一部大女主非动画电影，第一部从女性的角度来讲述，由两位女性演员主演的电影(另一个是她的长期合作者张小斐)。祝贺你们，贾玲，张小斐!

REF：cfen.si/2021/02/15/jia-ling-becomes-the-top-grossing-female-chinese-director-breaks-the-reign-of-male-directors-during-cny/