Margaret Tait

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).

Most Famous Work

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A Portrait of Ga

(1952) Writer

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Blue Black Permanent

(1992) Writer

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Three Portrait Sketches

(1951) Editor

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Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town

(1974) Director

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Splashing

(1966) Director

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One Is One

(1951) Director

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Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba

(1980) Director

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Princes Street Edinburgh

(1955) Director

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2022	Self (archive footage)	Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait 2022-12-01 Movie
2020	herself	Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995 2020-09-25 Movie
1983	Self	Margaret Tait: Film Maker 1983-01-01 Movie
1974	Narrator	Colour Poems 1974-01-01 Movie
1955	Narrator	The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo 1955-01-01 Movie
1952	Narrator	A Portrait of Ga 1952-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2014	Writer	Before Words 2014-01-01 Movie
1992	Writer	Blue Black Permanent 1992-01-01 Movie
1976	Writer	Place of Work 1976-06-05 Movie
	Writer	Tailpiece 1976-01-01 Movie
1964	Writer	Where I Am Is Here 1964-01-01 Movie
1956	Writer	Rose Street 1956-01-01 Movie
1952	Writer	A Portrait of Ga 1952-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1998	Director	Garden Pieces 1998-01-01 Movie
1992	Director	Blue Black Permanent 1992-01-01 Movie
1981	Director	Land Makar 1981-01-01 Movie
	Director	Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes 1981-01-01 Movie
	Director	Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place 1981-01-01 Movie
1980	Director	Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba 1980-01-01 Movie
1978	Director	Shop! 1978-01-01 Movie
	Director	Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch 1978-01-01 Movie
	Director	Hydro Poles by Helicopter 1978-01-01 Movie
1977	Director	Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions 1977-01-01 Movie
1976	Director	Place of Work 1976-06-05 Movie
	Director	Tailpiece 1976-01-01 Movie
1974	Director	Aerial 1974-01-01 Movie
	Director	Colour Poems 1974-01-01 Movie
	Director	Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town 1974-01-01 Movie
	Director	These Walls 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Director	On the Mountain 1973-01-01 Movie
1970	Director	John MacFadyen 1970-06-18 Movie
	Director	Painted Eightsome 1970-01-01 Movie
	Director	Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney 1970-01-01 Movie
1966	Director	Splashing 1966-01-01 Movie
	Director	Caora Mor: The Big Sheep 1966-01-01 Movie
1964	Director	Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait 1964-01-01 Movie
	Director	Where I Am Is Here 1964-01-01 Movie
	Director	Palindrome 1964-01-01 Movie
1957	Director	The Drift Back 1957-01-01 Movie
1956	Director	Rose Street 1956-01-01 Movie
1955	Director	Calypso 1955-01-01 Movie
	Director	Edinburgh General 1955-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo 1955-01-01 Movie
	Director	Orquil Burn 1955-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Royal Mile Edinburgh 1955-01-01 Movie
	Director	Princes Street Edinburgh 1955-01-01 Movie
1954	Director	Happy Bees 1954-01-01 Movie
1952	Director	A Portrait of Ga 1952-01-01 Movie
1951	Director	Three Portrait Sketches 1951-06-12 Movie
	Director	The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo 1951-01-01 Movie
	Director	My Room, Via Ancona 21 1951-01-01 Movie
	Director	One Is One 1951-01-01 Movie
1938	Director	Empire Exhibition 1938-01-01 Movie
	Director	Edinburgh Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1976	Director of Photography	Place of Work 1976-06-05 Movie
1956	Director of Photography	Rose Street 1956-01-01 Movie
1952	Director of Photography	A Portrait of Ga 1952-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1976	Producer	Place of Work 1976-06-05 Movie
1956	Producer	Rose Street 1956-01-01 Movie
1952	Producer	A Portrait of Ga 1952-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1952	Editor	A Portrait of Ga 1952-01-01 Movie
1951	Editor	Three Portrait Sketches 1951-06-12 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1951	Cinematography	Three Portrait Sketches 1951-06-12 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv