Margaret Tait

Director

Born: November 11, 1918
Died: April 16, 1999 (age 80)
From: Kirkwall, United Kingdom

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 (50)

Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait (2024)
Self (archive footage)
Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995 (2020)
herself
Garden Pieces (1998)
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Blue Black Permanent (1992)
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Margaret Tait: Film Maker (1983)
Self
Land Makar (1981)
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Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes
Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes (1981)
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Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place
Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place (1981)
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Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba
Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba (1980)
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Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch
Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch (1978)
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Shop!
Shop! (1978)
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Hydro Poles by Helicopter (1978)
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Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions
Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions (1977)
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Place of Work (1976)
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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)
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Aerial (1974)
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These Walls
These Walls (1974)
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Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town
Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town (1974)
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Eclipse (1973)
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On the Mountain (1973)
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John MacFadyen
John MacFadyen (1970)
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Painted Eightsome (1970)
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Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney
Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney (1970)
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A Pleasant Place (1969)
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Splashing
Splashing (1966)
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Caora Mor: The Big Sheep
Caora Mor: The Big Sheep (1966)
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Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait (1964)
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