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Margaret Tait

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Margaret Tait

EN, XX cinema · 51 credits

Born

11 November 1918

Died

16 April 1999 (aged 80)

Birthplace

Kirkwall, United Kingdom

Margaret Caroline Tait was a Scottish film maker and poet. Tait attended the University of Edinburgh, gaining qualifications in Medicine (1941). She later moved to Rome, where she studied filmmaking at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (1950–1952).

Known for

Filmography

Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait poster

Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

EN · 2024Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995 poster

Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995

XX · 2020Not rated

as herself

Before Words

2014

Before Words

EN · 2014Not rated

Writer

Garden Pieces poster

Garden Pieces

EN · 19988.0

Director

Blue Black Permanent poster

Blue Black Permanent

EN · 19925.6

Director, Writer

Margaret Tait: Film Maker poster

Margaret Tait: Film Maker

EN · 1983Not rated

as Self

Land Makar poster

Land Makar

EN · 19816.0

Director

Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes

1981

Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes

EN · 1981Not rated

Director

Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place

1981

Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place

EN · 1981Not rated

Director

Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba

1980

Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba

EN · 1980Not rated

Director

Ancona Briefs: Local News 7 July 1978 – Bu of Cairston Broch Excavated by John Hedges

1978

Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch

EN · 1978Not rated

Director

Shop!

1978

Shop!

EN · 1978Not rated

Director

Hydro Poles by Helicopter poster

Hydro Poles by Helicopter

EN · 1978Not rated

Director

Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions

1977

Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions

EN · 1977Not rated

Director

Place of Work poster

Place of Work

EN · 19769.0

Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer

Tailpiece poster

Tailpiece

EN · 1976Not rated

Director, Writer

Start of a Race, end of a show, etc. poster

Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.

EN · 1976Not rated

Director

Survivor poster

Survivor

EN · 1976Not rated

Director

Colour Poems poster

Colour Poems

EN · 19747.7

as Narrator, Director

Aerial poster

Aerial

EN · 19746.3

Director

These Walls

1974

These Walls

EN · 1974Not rated

Director

Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town

1974

Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town

EN · 1974Not rated

Director

On the Mountain poster

On the Mountain

EN · 1973Not rated

Director

Eclipse poster

Eclipse

EN · 1973Not rated

Director

John MacFadyen

1970

John MacFadyen

EN · 19705.0

Director

Painted Eightsome poster

Painted Eightsome

EN · 19705.0

Director

Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney

1970

Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney

EN · 1970Not rated

Director

A Pleasant Place poster

A Pleasant Place

EN · 1969Not rated

Director, Editor

Splashing

1966

Splashing

EN · 19667.0

Director

Caora Mor: The Big Sheep

1966

Caora Mor: The Big Sheep

EN · 1966Not rated

Director

Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait

1964

Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait

EN · 19645.4

Director

Where I Am Is Here poster

Where I Am Is Here

EN · 19646.5

Writer, Director

Palindrome

1964

Palindrome

EN · 1964Not rated

Director

Edinburgh poster

Edinburgh

EN · 1958Not rated

Director

The Drift Back

1957

The Drift Back

EN · 1957Not rated

Director

Rose Street poster

Rose Street

EN · 19566.0

Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo poster

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

EN · 19555.6

as Narrator, Director

Calypso poster

Calypso

EN · 19555.0

Director

Edinburgh General

1955

Edinburgh General

EN · 1955Not rated

Director

Orquil Burn

1955

Orquil Burn

EN · 1955Not rated

Director

The Royal Mile Edinburgh

1955

The Royal Mile Edinburgh

EN · 1955Not rated

Director

Princes Street Edinburgh

1955

Princes Street Edinburgh

EN · 1955Not rated

Director

All These New Relations poster

All These New Relations

EN · 1955Not rated

Director

Happy Bees poster

Happy Bees

EN · 1954Not rated

Director

A Portrait of Ga poster

A Portrait of Ga

EN · 19526.1

as Narrator, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography

Three Portrait Sketches poster

Three Portrait Sketches

EN · 1951Not rated

Director, Editor, Cinematography

The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo

1951

The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo

EN · 1951Not rated

Director

My Room, Via Ancona 21

1951

My Room, Via Ancona 21

EN · 1951Not rated

Director

One Is One

1951

One Is One

EN · 1951Not rated

Director

Perugia in Umbria poster

Perugia in Umbria

EN · 1950Not rated

Director

Milano poster

Milano

EN · 1949Not rated

Director