Margaret Tait
Directing
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).
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Margaret Tait
Aerial
1974
Filmography
Acting (6)
2024
Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Taitas Self (archive footage)
2020
1983
Margaret Tait: Film Makeras Self
1974
Colour Poemsas Narrator
7.7
1955
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echoas Narrator
5.6
1952
A Portrait of Gaas Narrator
6.1
Production & Directing (64)
2014
Before WordsWriter
1998
Garden PiecesDirector
8.0
1992
Blue Black PermanentDirector
5.6
1992
Blue Black PermanentWriter
5.6
1981
Land MakarDirector
6.0
1981
1981
1980
Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The BaDirector
1978
Local News: Bu of Cairston BrochDirector
1978
Shop!Director
1978
Hydro Poles by HelicopterDirector
1977
Aspects of Kirkwall 3: OccasionsDirector
1976
Place of WorkDirector
9.0
1976
Place of WorkWriter
9.0
1976
Place of WorkProducer
9.0
1976
Place of WorkDirector of Photography
9.0
1976
TailpieceDirector
1976
TailpieceWriter
1976
1976
SurvivorDirector
1974
AerialDirector
6.3
1974
Colour PoemsDirector
7.7
1974
These WallsDirector
1974
1973
EclipseDirector
1973
On the MountainDirector
1970
John MacFadyenDirector
5.0
1970
Painted EightsomeDirector
5.0
1970
1969
A Pleasant PlaceDirector
1969
A Pleasant PlaceEditor
1966
SplashingDirector
7.0
1966
Caora Mor: The Big SheepDirector
1964
Hugh MacDiarmid: A PortraitDirector
5.4
1964
Where I Am Is HereDirector
6.5
1964
Where I Am Is HereWriter
6.5
1964
PalindromeDirector
1958
EdinburghDirector
1957
The Drift BackDirector
1956
Rose StreetDirector
6.0
1956
Rose StreetWriter
6.0
1956
Rose StreetProducer
6.0
1956
Rose StreetDirector of Photography
6.0
1955
CalypsoDirector
5.0
1955
Edinburgh GeneralDirector
1955
5.6
1955
Orquil BurnDirector
1955
Princes Street EdinburghDirector
1955
The Royal Mile EdinburghDirector
1955
All These New RelationsDirector
1954
Happy BeesDirector
1952
A Portrait of GaDirector
6.1
1952
A Portrait of GaWriter
6.1
1952
A Portrait of GaProducer
6.1
1952
A Portrait of GaDirector of Photography
6.1
1952
A Portrait of GaEditor
6.1
1951
Three Portrait SketchesDirector
1951
Three Portrait SketchesEditor
1951
Three Portrait SketchesCinematography
1951
1951
My Room, Via Ancona 21Director
1951
One Is OneDirector
1950
Perugia in UmbriaDirector
1949
MilanoDirector