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name: "Nina Yang Bongiovi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nina-yang-bongiovi"
fi1m_id: "nina-yang-bongiovi"
imdb_id: "nm1341146"
tmdb_id: 1280963
wikidata_id: "Q21028404"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T02:21:47.109786+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Nina Yang Bongiovi

## Identity

Nina Yang Bongiovi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nina-yang-bongiovi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nina-yang-bongiovi
- **IMDb ID:** nm1341146
- **TMDB ID:** 1280963
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21028404
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Yang_Bongiovi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21028404, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1341146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1280963

Producer. Born in Taiwan.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Forest Whitaker](https://film.one/person/forest-whitaker.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Yang_Bongiovi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21028404, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1341146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1280963

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Passing*](https://film.one/film/passing.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Nina Yang Bongiovi is an American film producer. She co-founded Significant Productions with Forest Whitaker in 2010. Under the banner she produced Ryan Coogler's debut *Fruitvale Station* (2013) and Rebecca Hall's directorial debut *Passing* (2021).

She holds a graduate degree in entertainment management from the University of Southern California and is Associate Chair of the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC School of Cinematic Arts. Other credits include *Dope* (2015), *Songs My Brothers Taught Me* (2015), *Roxanne Roxanne* (2017), *Sorry to Bother You* (2018) and *Fancy Dance* (2024). She also executive produces the series *Godfather of Harlem* (2019–).

Bongiovi is a BAFTA nominee and serves on boards including the Producers Guild of America and the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com, vanityfair.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Passing* (2021), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/passing.md)
- *Sorry to Bother You* (2018), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-to-bother-you.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bloodline* (2026), Producer
- *Bedford Park* (2026), Producer
- *Lucky Lu* (2026), Producer
- *To Live and Die and Live* (2025), Producer
- *Layla* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Transplant* (2024), Producer
- *Hollywood Black* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Fancy Dance* (2024), Producer
- *Molokaʻi Bound* (2024), Producer
- *Shaky Shivers* (2023), Executive Producer
- *For the Sake of Peace* (2022), Producer
- *Passing* (2021), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/passing.md)
- *By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *Godfather of Harlem* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *A Kid from Coney Island* (2019), Producer
- *Sharon 1.2.3.* (2018), Producer
- *Sorry to Bother You* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-to-bother-you.md)
- *Yoshua* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Roxanne Roxanne* (2017), Producer
- *Along for the Ride* (2016), Producer
- *Sacrifice* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Songs My Brothers Taught Me* (2015), Producer
- *Dope* (2015), Producer
- *Fruitvale Station* (2013), Producer
- *Confessions of an Action Star* (2005), Producer
- *Rosetta*, Producer
- *Rise of the Empress*, series, Executive Producer
- *Blood on the Promontory*, Producer
- *Untitled Anna May Wong biopic*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Nina Yang Bongiovi](https://film.one/media/person/691817/gallery-8703f65c1158.jpg) Nina Yang Bongiovi — Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Sundance_Film_Festival_2024_-_Layla_-_Group_photo-104A1622_-_Nina_Yang_Bongiovi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nina Yang Bongiovi at the Bedford Park Premier at Sundance Film Festival (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/691817/gallery-ce4ee59fdee0.jpg) Nina Yang Bongiovi at the Bedford Park Premier at Sundance Film Festival (2026) — TheGhostOfKyoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Nina_Yang_Bongiovi_at_the_Bedford_Park_Premier_at_Sundance_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Nina_Yang_Bongiovi_at_the_Bedford_Park_Premier_at_Sundance_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Group photo of the actors and producers of the movie Layla at the 40th Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on January 18, 2024](https://film.one/media/person/691817/gallery-310dd751aa5c.jpg) Group photo of the actors and producers of the movie Layla at the 40th Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on January 18, 2024 — Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Sundance_Film_Festival_2024_-_Layla_-_Group_photo-104A1622.jpg/1280px-Sundance_Film_Festival_2024_-_Layla_-_Group_photo-104A1622.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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