Margaret Tait

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Margaret Tait

Directing November 11, 1918

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…

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A Portrait of Ga

A Portrait of Ga

6.1 1952 Movie
Blue Black Permanent

Blue Black Permanent

5.6 1992 Movie
Aerial

Aerial

6.3 1974 Movie
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

5.6 1955 Movie
Colour Poems

Colour Poems

7.7 1974 Movie
Margaret Tait: Film Maker

Margaret Tait: Film Maker

1983 Movie
Where I Am Is Here

Where I Am Is Here

6.5 1964 Movie
Garden Pieces

Garden Pieces

8.0 1998 Movie
Rose Street

Rose Street

6.0 1956 Movie
All These New Relations

All These New Relations

1955 Movie
Land Makar

Land Makar

6.0 1981 Movie
Calypso

Calypso

5.0 1955 Movie

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2020
    Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995

    Movie herself

  3. 2014
    Before Words

    Movie Writer

  4. 1998
    Garden Pieces

    Movie Director

  5. 1992
    Blue Black Permanent

    Movie Director

  6. 1983
    Margaret Tait: Film Maker

    Movie Self

  7. 1981
    Land Makar

    Movie Director

  8. 1981
    Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes

    Movie Director

  9. 1981
    Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place

    Movie Director

  10. 1980
    Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba

    Movie Director

  11. 1978
    Hydro Poles by Helicopter

    Movie Director

  12. 1978
    Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch

    Movie Director

  13. 1978
    Shop!

    Movie Director

  14. 1977
    Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions

    Movie Director

  15. 1976
    Place of Work

    Movie Director

  16. 1976
    Tailpiece

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1976
    Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.

    Movie Director

  2. 1976
    Survivor

    Movie Director

  3. 1974
    Aerial

    Movie Director

  4. 1974
    Colour Poems

    Movie Narrator

  5. 1974
    These Walls

    Movie Director

  6. 1974
    Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town

    Movie Director

  7. 1973
    Eclipse

    Movie Director

  8. 1973
    On the Mountain

    Movie Director

  9. 1970
    John MacFadyen

    Movie Director

  10. 1970
    Painted Eightsome

    Movie Director

  11. 1970
    Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney

    Movie Director

  12. 1969
    A Pleasant Place

    Movie Director

  13. 1966
    Splashing

    Movie Director

  14. 1966
    Caora Mor: The Big Sheep

    Movie Director

  15. 1964
    Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait

    Movie Director

  16. 1964
    Where I Am Is Here

    Movie Writer

  17. 1964
    Palindrome

    Movie Director

  18. 1958
    Edinburgh

    Movie Director

  19. 1957
    The Drift Back

    Movie Director

  20. 1956
    Rose Street

    Movie Director

  21. 1955
    The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

    Movie Narrator

  22. 1955
    All These New Relations

    Movie Director

  23. 1955
    Calypso

    Movie Director

  24. 1955
    Edinburgh General

    Movie Director