Biography and filmography

Margaret Tait

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).

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Movies (51)

Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

2024 · Self (archive footage)

Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995

Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995

2020 · herself

Before Words

Before Words

2014 · Writer

Garden Pieces

Garden Pieces

1998 · Director

Blue Black Permanent

Blue Black Permanent

1992 · Director, Writer

Margaret Tait: Film Maker

Margaret Tait: Film Maker

1983 · Self

Land Makar

Land Makar

1981 · Director

Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes

Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes

1981 · Director

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

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

1981 · Director

Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba

Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba

1980 · Director

Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch

Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch

1978 · Director

Shop!

Shop!

1978 · Director

Hydro Poles by Helicopter

Hydro Poles by Helicopter

1978 · Director

Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions

Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions

1977 · Director

Place of Work

Place of Work

1976 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer

Tailpiece

Tailpiece

1976 · Director, Writer

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

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

1976 · Director

Survivor

Survivor

1976 · Director

Colour Poems

Colour Poems

1974 · Narrator, Director

Aerial

Aerial

1974 · Director

These Walls

These Walls

1974 · Director

Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town

Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town

1974 · Director

Eclipse

Eclipse

1973 · Director

On the Mountain

On the Mountain

1973 · Director

John MacFadyen

John MacFadyen

1970 · Director

Painted Eightsome

Painted Eightsome

1970 · Director

Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney

Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney

1970 · Director

A Pleasant Place

A Pleasant Place

1969 · Director, Editor

Splashing

Splashing

1966 · Director

Caora Mor: The Big Sheep

Caora Mor: The Big Sheep

1966 · Director

Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait

Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait

1964 · Director

Where I Am Is Here

Where I Am Is Here

1964 · Writer, Director

Palindrome

Palindrome

1964 · Director

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

1958 · Director

The Drift Back

The Drift Back

1957 · Director

Rose Street

Rose Street

1956 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

1955 · Narrator, Director

Calypso

Calypso

1955 · Director

Edinburgh General

Edinburgh General

1955 · Director

Orquil Burn

Orquil Burn

1955 · Director

The Royal Mile Edinburgh

The Royal Mile Edinburgh

1955 · Director

Princes Street Edinburgh

Princes Street Edinburgh

1955 · Director

All These New Relations

All These New Relations

1955 · Director

Happy Bees

Happy Bees

1954 · Director

A Portrait of Ga

A Portrait of Ga

1952 · Narrator, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography

Three Portrait Sketches

Three Portrait Sketches

1951 · Director, Editor, Cinematography

The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo

The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo

1951 · Director

My Room, Via Ancona 21

My Room, Via Ancona 21

1951 · Director

One Is One

One Is One

1951 · Director

Perugia in Umbria

Perugia in Umbria

1950 · Director

Milano

Milano

1949 · Director

TV shows (0)

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