Margaret Tait
Directing1918Kirkwall, 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).
Known For
Acting History
2024
Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait
as Self (archive footage)
2020
2014
Before Words
Writer
1998
Garden Pieces
Director
1992
Blue Black Permanent
Director
Blue Black Permanent
Writer
1983
Margaret Tait: Film Maker
as Self
1981
Land Makar
Director
1980
Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba
Director
1978
1977
Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions
Director
1976
Tailpiece
Director
Tailpiece
Writer
Survivor
Director
Place of Work
Director
Place of Work
Writer
Place of Work
Director of Photography
Place of Work
Producer
1974
1973
On the Mountain
Director
Eclipse
Director
1970
1969
A Pleasant Place
Director
A Pleasant Place
Editor
1966
Splashing
Director
Caora Mor: The Big Sheep
Director
1964
Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
Director
Where I Am Is Here
Writer
Where I Am Is Here
Director
Palindrome
Director
1958
Edinburgh
Director
1957
The Drift Back
Director
1956
1955
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
as Narrator
Edinburgh General
Director
Orquil Burn
Director
Calypso
Director
Princes Street Edinburgh
Director
The Royal Mile Edinburgh
Director
All These New Relations
Director
1954
Happy Bees
Director
1952
A Portrait of Ga
as Narrator
A Portrait of Ga
Director
A Portrait of Ga
Writer
A Portrait of Ga
Producer
A Portrait of Ga
Director of Photography
A Portrait of Ga
Editor
1951
Three Portrait Sketches
Director
Three Portrait Sketches
Editor
Three Portrait Sketches
Cinematography
My Room, Via Ancona 21
Director
One Is One
Director
1950
Perugia in Umbria
Director
1949
Milano
Director