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Margaret Tait
Born
11 November 1918
Died
16 April 1999
Place
Kirkwall, United Kingdom
Directing

Margaret Tait

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).

As director

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

1981 · Director

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

1981 · Director

Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba

1980 · Director

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

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

1974 · Director
On the Mountain

On the Mountain

1973 · Director
Eclipse

Eclipse

1973 · Director

John MacFadyen

1970 · Director
Painted Eightsome

Painted Eightsome

1970 · Director

Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney

1970 · Director
A Pleasant Place

A Pleasant Place

1969 · Director

Splashing

1966 · Director

Caora Mor: The Big Sheep

1966 · Director

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

As actor

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