Margaret Tait

Margaret Tait

Known for

Directing

Born

November 11, 1918

Birthplace

Kirkwall, United Kingdom

Died

April 16, 1999 (aged 80)

Biography

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).

Best known work

A Portrait of Ga
A Portrait of Ga
1952
Blue Black Permanent
Blue Black Permanent
1992
Aerial
Aerial
1974
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
1955
Colour Poems
Colour Poems
1974
Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
1964
Where I Am Is Here
Where I Am Is Here
1964
Garden Pieces
Garden Pieces
1998
Rose Street
Rose Street
1956
John MacFadyen
John MacFadyen
1970

Filmography

  1. 2024

    Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 2020

    Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995

    as herself

  3. 2014

    Before Words

    Writer

  4. 1998

    Garden Pieces

    Director

  5. 1992

    Blue Black Permanent

    Director, Writer

  6. 1983

    Margaret Tait: Film Maker

    as Self

  7. 1981

    Land Makar

    Director

  8. 1981

    Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes

    Director

  9. 1981

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

    Director

  10. 1980

    Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba

    Director

  11. 1978

    Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch

    Director

  12. 1978

    Shop!

    Director

  13. 1978

    Hydro Poles by Helicopter

    Director

  14. 1977

    Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions

    Director

  15. 1976

    Place of Work

    Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

  16. 1976

    Tailpiece

    Director, Writer

  17. 1976

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

    Director

  18. 1976

    Survivor

    Director

  19. 1974

    Colour Poems

    as Narrator, Director

  20. 1974

    Aerial

    Director

  21. 1974

    These Walls

    Director

  22. 1974

    Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town

    Director

  23. 1973

    Eclipse

    Director

  24. 1973

    On the Mountain

    Director

  25. 1970

    John MacFadyen

    Director

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