IAR teacher Jonathan Appell recently did the post-production audio for Ray Ellin’s film The Latin Legends of Comedy.

Part stand-up comedy concert and part documentary, the film captures the struggles and successes of the first Latino comedians who, over the course of twenty years, broke into and became pioneers of New York’s stand-up comedy scene. The comics (Joey Vega, J.J. Ramirez, and Angel Salazar), dear friends since the beginning of their careers, give stellar performances which demonstrate why they are the top Latino funnymen in the country.

The film, which won the Best Jury Award for a documentary at the Boston International Film Festival, has received great reviews and has been picked up by 20th Century Fox.

Congratulations, Jonathan!