Margaret Tait

Margaret Tait

Directing

November 11, 1918 — April 16, 1999Kirkwall, 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

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

Garden Pieces

Garden Pieces

1998

Rose Street

Rose Street

1956

Where I Am Is Here

Where I Am Is Here

1964

Place of Work

Place of Work

1976

Painted Eightsome

Painted Eightsome

1970

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Garden Pieces

Garden Pieces

1998

Director

Blue Black Permanent

Blue Black Permanent

1992

Director

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!

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

Tailpiece

Tailpiece

1976

Director

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

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

1976

Director

Survivor

Survivor

1976

Director

Aerial

Aerial

1974

Director

Colour Poems

Colour Poems

1974

Director

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

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

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

Director

Palindrome

1964

Director

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

1958

Director

The Drift Back

1957

Director

Rose Street

Rose Street

1956

Director

Calypso

Calypso

1955

Director

Edinburgh General

Edinburgh General

1955

Director

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

1955

Director

Orquil Burn

1955

Director

Princes Street Edinburgh

Princes Street Edinburgh

1955

Director

The Royal Mile Edinburgh

The Royal Mile 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

Director

Three Portrait Sketches

Three Portrait Sketches

1951

Director

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

1951

Director

Perugia in Umbria

Perugia in Umbria

1950

Director

Milano

Milano

1949

Director

Writing7

Before Words

2014

Writer

Blue Black Permanent

Blue Black Permanent

1992

Writer

Place of Work

Place of Work

1976

Writer

Tailpiece

Tailpiece

1976

Writer

Where I Am Is Here

Where I Am Is Here

1964

Writer

Rose Street

Rose Street

1956

Writer

A Portrait of Ga

A Portrait of Ga

1952

Writer

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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

Margaret Tait: Film Maker

Margaret Tait: Film Maker

1983

Self

Colour Poems

Colour Poems

1974

Narrator

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

1955

Narrator

A Portrait of Ga

A Portrait of Ga

1952

Narrator

Camera3

Place of Work

Place of Work

1976

Director of Photography

Rose Street

Rose Street

1956

Director of Photography

A Portrait of Ga

A Portrait of Ga

1952

Director of Photography

Editing3

A Pleasant Place

A Pleasant Place

1969

Editor

A Portrait of Ga

A Portrait of Ga

1952

Editor

Three Portrait Sketches

Three Portrait Sketches

1951

Editor

Production3

Place of Work

Place of Work

1976

Producer

Rose Street

Rose Street

1956

Producer

A Portrait of Ga

A Portrait of Ga

1952

Producer

Crew1

Three Portrait Sketches

Three Portrait Sketches

1951

Cinematography