Margaret Tait

Margaret Tait

ActorWriterDirectorCinematographerProducer Nov 11 (died age 80) Kirkwall, United Kingdom 1949–2024 (75 year career)

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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).

Known For

A Portrait of Ga

A Portrait of Ga

Narrator

Aerial

Aerial

Director

Colour Poems

Colour Poems

Narrator

Blue Black Permanent

Blue Black Permanent

Director

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

Narrator

Rose Street

Rose Street

Director

Place of Work

Place of Work

Director

Garden Pieces

Garden Pieces

Director

Filmography

Acting (6)

Movies (6)

Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

as Self (archive footage)

Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995

Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995

as herself

Margaret Tait: Film Maker

Margaret Tait: Film Maker

as Self

Colour Poems

Colour Poems

as Narrator

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

as Narrator

A Portrait of Ga

A Portrait of Ga

as Narrator

Crew (53)

Movies (53)

Before Words

Writer

Garden Pieces

Garden Pieces

Director

Blue Black Permanent

Blue Black Permanent

Director

Blue Black Permanent

Blue Black Permanent

Writer

Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes

Director

Land Makar

Land Makar

Director

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

Director

Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba

Director

Shop!

Director

Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch

Director

Hydro Poles by Helicopter

Hydro Poles by Helicopter

Director

Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions

Director

Place of Work

Place of Work

Director

Survivor

Survivor

Director

Tailpiece

Tailpiece

Director

Tailpiece

Tailpiece

Writer

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

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

Director

Aerial

Aerial

Director

These Walls

Director

Colour Poems

Colour Poems

Director

Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town

Director

On the Mountain

On the Mountain

Director

Eclipse

Eclipse

Director

Painted Eightsome

Painted Eightsome

Director

Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney

Director

John MacFadyen

Director

A Pleasant Place

A Pleasant Place

Director

Caora Mor: The Big Sheep

Director

Splashing

Director

Where I Am Is Here

Where I Am Is Here

Director

Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait

Director

Palindrome

Director

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Director

The Drift Back

Director

Rose Street

Rose Street

Director

Rose Street

Rose Street

Director of Photography

Rose Street

Rose Street

Producer

Rose Street

Rose Street

Writer

All These New Relations

All These New Relations

Director

Princes Street Edinburgh

Director

Calypso

Calypso

Director

Orquil Burn

Director

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo

Director

Edinburgh General

Director

The Royal Mile Edinburgh

Director

Happy Bees

Happy Bees

Director

A Portrait of Ga

A Portrait of Ga

Director

Three Portrait Sketches

Three Portrait Sketches

Cinematography

One Is One

Director

My Room, Via Ancona 21

Director

The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo

Director

Perugia in Umbria

Perugia in Umbria

Director

Milano

Milano

Director