MARGARET TAIT

Margaret Tait
Margaret Tait
Gender: Female
Known for: Directing
Birthday: November 11, 1918
Deathday: April 16, 1999
Place of Birth: Kirkwall, United Kingdom

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).

Filmography

Production

2014·
Before Words
Writer
1998·
Garden Pieces
Director
1992·
Blue Black Permanent
Writer, Director
1981·
Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place
Director
1981·
Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes
Director
1981·
Land Makar
Director
1980·
Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba
Director
1978·
Hydro Poles by Helicopter
Director
1978·
Shop!
Director
1978·
Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch
Director
1977·
Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions
Director
1976·
Survivor
Director
1976·
Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.
Director
1976·
Tailpiece
Writer, Director
1976·
Place of Work
Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
1974·
Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town
Director
1974·
These Walls
Director
1974·
Aerial
Director
1974·
Colour Poems
Director
1973·
Eclipse
Director
1973·
On the Mountain
Director
1970·
Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney
Director
1970·
Painted Eightsome
Director
1970·
John MacFadyen
Director
1969·
A Pleasant Place
Editor, Director
1966·
Caora Mor: The Big Sheep
Director
1966·
Splashing
Director
1964·
Palindrome
Director
1964·
Where I Am Is Here
Director, Writer
1964·
Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
Director
1958·
Edinburgh
Director
1957·
The Drift Back
Director
1956·
Rose Street
Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director
1955·
All These New Relations
Director
1955·
Princes Street Edinburgh
Director
1955·
The Royal Mile Edinburgh
Director
1955·
Orquil Burn
Director
1955·
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
Director
1955·
Edinburgh General
Director
1955·
Calypso
Director
1954·
Happy Bees
Director
1952·
A Portrait of Ga
Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Writer, Director
1951·
One Is One
Director
1951·
My Room, Via Ancona 21
Director
1951·
The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo
Director
1951·
Three Portrait Sketches
Cinematography, Editor, Director
1950·
Perugia in Umbria
Director
1949·
Milano
Director