Directing

Margaret Tait

Born 1918-11-11 · Kirkwall, United Kingdom

Died 1999-04-16

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).

Credits

Newest first

Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995
as herself
2020
Before Words
Writer
2014
Garden Pieces
Director
1998
Blue Black Permanent
Director
1992
Blue Black Permanent
Writer
1992
Margaret Tait: Film Maker
as Self
1983
Land Makar
Director
1981
Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes
Director
1981
Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place
Director
1981
Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba
Director
1980
Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch
Director
1978
Shop!
Director
1978
Hydro Poles by Helicopter
Director
1978
Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions
Director
1977
Place of Work
Director
1976
Place of Work
Writer
1976
Place of Work
Producer
1976
Place of Work
Director of Photography
1976
Tailpiece
Director
1976
Tailpiece
Writer
1976
Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.
Director
1976
Survivor
Director
1976
Colour Poems
as Narrator
1974
Aerial
Director
1974
Colour Poems
Director
1974
These Walls
Director
1974
Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town
Director
1974
Eclipse
Director
1973
On the Mountain
Director
1973
John MacFadyen
Director
1970
Painted Eightsome
Director
1970
Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney
Director
1970
A Pleasant Place
Director
1969
A Pleasant Place
Editor
1969
Splashing
Director
1966
Caora Mor: The Big Sheep
Director
1966
Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
Director
1964
Where I Am Is Here
Director
1964
Where I Am Is Here
Writer
1964
Palindrome
Director
1964
Edinburgh
Director
1958
The Drift Back
Director
1957
Rose Street
Director
1956
Rose Street
Writer
1956
Rose Street
Producer
1956
Rose Street
Director of Photography
1956
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
as Narrator
1955
Calypso
Director
1955
Edinburgh General
Director
1955
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
Director
1955
Orquil Burn
Director
1955
Princes Street Edinburgh
Director
1955
The Royal Mile Edinburgh
Director
1955
All These New Relations
Director
1955
Happy Bees
Director
1954
A Portrait of Ga
as Narrator
1952
A Portrait of Ga
Director
1952
A Portrait of Ga
Writer
1952
A Portrait of Ga
Producer
1952
A Portrait of Ga
Director of Photography
1952
A Portrait of Ga
Editor
1952
Three Portrait Sketches
Director
1951
Three Portrait Sketches
Editor
1951
Three Portrait Sketches
Cinematography
1951
The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo
Director
1951
My Room, Via Ancona 21
Director
1951
One Is One
Director
1951
Perugia in Umbria
Director
1950
Milano
Director
1949