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Margaret Tait

Margaret Tait

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Born: November 11, 1918 · Kirkwall, United Kingdom
Died: April 16, 1999 (age 80)

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
January 1, 1952
Blue Black Permanent
August 28, 1992
Aerial
January 1, 1974
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
January 1, 1955
Colour Poems
January 1, 1974
Where I Am Is Here
January 1, 1964
Garden Pieces
January 1, 1998
Rose Street
January 1, 1956
Place of Work
June 5, 1976
Painted Eightsome
January 1, 1970
Calypso
January 1, 1955
Land Makar
January 1, 1981

Behind the camera48

2014Before Words Writer
1998Garden Pieces Director
1992Blue Black Permanent Director, Writer
1981Land Makar Director
1981Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes Director
1981Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place Director
1980Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba Director
1978Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch Director
1978Shop! Director
1978Hydro Poles by Helicopter

Director

1977Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions Director

1976Place of Work Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

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1976Tailpiece Director, Writer
1976Start of a Race, end of a show, etc. Director
1976Survivor Director
1974Aerial Director
1974Colour Poems Director
1974These Walls Director
1974Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town Director
1973Eclipse Director
1973On the Mountain Director
1970John MacFadyen Director
1970Painted Eightsome Director
1970Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney Director
1969A Pleasant Place Director, Editor
1966Splashing Director
1966Caora Mor: The Big Sheep Director
1964Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait Director
1964Where I Am Is Here Director, Writer
1964Palindrome Director
1958Edinburgh Director
1957The Drift Back Director
1956Rose Street Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
1955Calypso Director
1955Edinburgh General Director
1955The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo Director
1955Orquil Burn Director
1955The Royal Mile Edinburgh Director
1955Princes Street Edinburgh Director
1955All These New Relations Director
1954Happy Bees Director
1952A Portrait of Ga Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
1951Three Portrait Sketches Cinematography, Director, Editor
1951The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo Director
1951My Room, Via Ancona 21 Director
1951One Is One Director
1950Perugia in Umbria Director
1949Milano Director

Acting6

2024Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait as Self (archive footage)
2020Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995 as herself
1983Margaret Tait: Film Maker as Self
1974Colour Poems as Narrator
1955The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo as Narrator
1952A Portrait of Ga as Narrator