Margaret Tait

Directing·Nov 11, 1918·Kirkwall, United Kingdom

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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).

Film	Credit
Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait2024 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 19952020 · herself	herself
BBefore Words2014 · Writer	Writer
Garden Pieces1998 · Director	Director
Blue Black Permanent1992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Margaret Tait: Film Maker1983 · Self	Self
Land Makar1981 · Director	Director
AAspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes1981 · Director	Director
AAspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place1981 · Director	Director
AAspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba1980 · Director	Director
LLocal News: Bu of Cairston Broch1978 · Director	Director
SShop!1978 · Director	Director
Hydro Poles by Helicopter1978 · Director	Director
AAspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions1977 · Director	Director
Place of Work1976 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Tailpiece1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.1976 · Director	Director
Survivor1976 · Director	Director
Colour Poems1974 · Narrator, Director	Narrator, Director
Aerial1974 · Director	Director
TThese Walls1974 · Director	Director
AAspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town1974 · Director	Director
Eclipse1973 · Director	Director
On the Mountain1973 · Director	Director
JJohn MacFadyen1970 · Director	Director
Painted Eightsome1970 · Director	Director
GGrowing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney1970 · Director	Director
A Pleasant Place1969 · Director	Director
SSplashing1966 · Director	Director
CCaora Mor: The Big Sheep1966 · Director	Director
HHugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait1964 · Director	Director
Where I Am Is Here1964 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
PPalindrome1964 · Director	Director
Edinburgh1958 · Director	Director
TThe Drift Back1957 · Director	Director
Rose Street1956 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo1955 · Narrator, Director	Narrator, Director
Calypso1955 · Director	Director
EEdinburgh General1955 · Director	Director
OOrquil Burn1955 · Director	Director
PPrinces Street Edinburgh1955 · Director	Director
TThe Royal Mile Edinburgh1955 · Director	Director
All These New Relations1955 · Director	Director
Happy Bees1954 · Director	Director
A Portrait of Ga1952 · Narrator, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Narrator, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Three Portrait Sketches1951 · Director	Director
TThe Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo1951 · Director	Director
MMy Room, Via Ancona 211951 · Director	Director