Margaret Tait
Born
11 November 1918 (107)
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 (40)
Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait
2024
Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995
2020
Garden Pieces
1998
Blue Black Permanent
1992
Margaret Tait: Film Maker
1983
Land Makar
1981
Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes
1981
🎬 DirectorAspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place
1981
🎬 DirectorAspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba
1980
🎬 DirectorLocal News: Bu of Cairston Broch
1978
🎬 DirectorShop!
1978
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Hydro Poles by Helicopter
1978
🎬 DirectorAspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions
1977
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Place of Work
1976
Tailpiece
1976
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Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.
1976
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Survivor
1976
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Colour Poems
1974
Aerial
1974
These Walls
1974
🎬 DirectorAspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town
1974
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Eclipse
1973
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On the Mountain
1973
🎬 DirectorJohn MacFadyen
1970
Painted Eightsome
1970
Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney
1970
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A Pleasant Place
1969
🎬 DirectorSplashing
1966
Caora Mor: The Big Sheep
1966
🎬 DirectorHugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
1964
Where I Am Is Here
1964
Palindrome
1964
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Edinburgh
1958
🎬 DirectorThe Drift Back
1957
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Rose Street
1956
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
1955
Calypso
1955
Edinburgh General
1955
🎬 DirectorOrquil Burn
1955
🎬 DirectorPrinces Street Edinburgh
1955
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