About the film
The Smart Studios Story is a 2016 documentary film written, directed and co-produced by Wendy Schneider. It chronicles the history of Madison, Wisconsin-based recording studio Smart Studios, founded by Butch Vig and Steve Marker in 1983, and its impact on the 1990s alternative rock sound. The film was successfully funded via Kickstarter in 2014, and 70 hours of footage was shot on 16 mm film.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).