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Margaret Tait (1918-1999)

Birthplace:
Kirkwall, United Kingdom

Born:
November 11, 1918

Died:
April 16, 1999

Biography from TheMovieDB

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).

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Cinematography:
1951  Three Portrait Sketches

Director:
1938  Empire Exhibition
1949  Milano
1950  Perugia in Umbria
1951  My Room, Via Ancona 21
1951  One Is One
1951  The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo
1951  Three Portrait Sketches
1952  A Portrait of Ga
1954  Happy Bees
1955  All These New Relations
1955  Calypso
1955  Edinburgh General
1955  Orquil Burn
1955  Princes Street Edinburgh
1955  The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
1955  The Royal Mile Edinburgh
1956  Rose Street
1957  The Drift Back
1958  Edinburgh
1964  Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
1964  Palindrome
1964  Where I Am Is Here
1966  Caora Mor: The Big Sheep
1966  Splashing
1969  A Pleasant Place
1970  Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney
1970  John MacFadyen
1970  Painted Eightsome
1973  Eclipse
1973  On the Mountain
1974  Aerial
1974  Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town
1974  Colour Poems
1974  These Walls
1976  Place of Work
1976  Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.
1976  Survivor
1976  Tailpiece
1977  Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions
1978  Hydro Poles by Helicopter
1978  Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch
1978  Shop!
1980  Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba
1981  Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes
1981  Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place
1981  Land Makar
1992  Blue Black Permanent
1998  Garden Pieces

Director of Photography:
1938  Empire Exhibition
1949  Milano
1950  Perugia in Umbria
1951  My Room, Via Ancona 21
1951  One Is One
1951  The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo
1951  Three Portrait Sketches
1952  A Portrait of Ga
1954  Happy Bees
1955  All These New Relations
1955  Calypso
1955  Edinburgh General
1955  Orquil Burn
1955  Princes Street Edinburgh
1955  The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
1955  The Royal Mile Edinburgh
1956  Rose Street
1957  The Drift Back
1958  Edinburgh
1964  Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
1964  Palindrome
1964  Where I Am Is Here
1966  Caora Mor: The Big Sheep
1966  Splashing
1969  A Pleasant Place
1970  Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney
1970  John MacFadyen
1970  Painted Eightsome
1973  Eclipse
1973  On the Mountain
1974  Aerial
1974  Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town
1974  Colour Poems
1974  These Walls
1976  Place of Work
1976  Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.
1976  Survivor
1976  Tailpiece
1977  Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions
1978  Hydro Poles by Helicopter
1978  Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch
1978  Shop!
1980  Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba
1981  Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes
1981  Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place
1981  Land Makar
1992  Blue Black Permanent
1998  Garden Pieces

Editor:
1938  Empire Exhibition
1949  Milano
1950  Perugia in Umbria
1951  My Room, Via Ancona 21
1951  One Is One
1951  The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo
1951  Three Portrait Sketches
1952  A Portrait of Ga
1954  Happy Bees
1955  All These New Relations
1955  Calypso
1955  Edinburgh General
1955  Orquil Burn
1955  Princes Street Edinburgh
1955  The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
1955  The Royal Mile Edinburgh
1956  Rose Street
1957  The Drift Back
1958  Edinburgh
1964  Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
1964  Palindrome
1964  Where I Am Is Here
1966  Caora Mor: The Big Sheep
1966  Splashing
1969  A Pleasant Place
1970  Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney
1970  John MacFadyen
1970  Painted Eightsome
1973  Eclipse
1973  On the Mountain
1974  Aerial
1974  Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town
1974  Colour Poems
1974  These Walls
1976  Place of Work
1976  Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.
1976  Survivor
1976  Tailpiece
1977  Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions
1978  Hydro Poles by Helicopter
1978  Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch
1978  Shop!
1980  Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba
1981  Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes
1981  Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place
1981  Land Makar
1992  Blue Black Permanent
1998  Garden Pieces

Producer:
1938  Empire Exhibition
1949  Milano
1950  Perugia in Umbria
1951  My Room, Via Ancona 21
1951  One Is One
1951  The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo
1951  Three Portrait Sketches
1952  A Portrait of Ga
1954  Happy Bees
1955  All These New Relations
1955  Calypso
1955  Edinburgh General
1955  Orquil Burn
1955  Princes Street Edinburgh
1955  The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
1955  The Royal Mile Edinburgh
1956  Rose Street
1957  The Drift Back
1958  Edinburgh
1964  Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
1964  Palindrome
1964  Where I Am Is Here
1966  Caora Mor: The Big Sheep
1966  Splashing
1969  A Pleasant Place
1970  Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney
1970  John MacFadyen
1970  Painted Eightsome
1973  Eclipse
1973  On the Mountain
1974  Aerial
1974  Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town
1974  Colour Poems
1974  These Walls
1976  Place of Work
1976  Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.
1976  Survivor
1976  Tailpiece
1977  Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions
1978  Hydro Poles by Helicopter
1978  Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch
1978  Shop!
1980  Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba
1981  Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes
1981  Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place
1981  Land Makar
1992  Blue Black Permanent
1998  Garden Pieces

Writer:
1938  Empire Exhibition
1949  Milano
1950  Perugia in Umbria
1951  My Room, Via Ancona 21
1951  One Is One
1951  The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo
1951  Three Portrait Sketches
1952  A Portrait of Ga
1954  Happy Bees
1955  All These New Relations
1955  Calypso
1955  Edinburgh General
1955  Orquil Burn
1955  Princes Street Edinburgh
1955  The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
1955  The Royal Mile Edinburgh
1956  Rose Street
1957  The Drift Back
1958  Edinburgh
1964  Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
1964  Palindrome
1964  Where I Am Is Here
1966  Caora Mor: The Big Sheep
1966  Splashing
1969  A Pleasant Place
1970  Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney
1970  John MacFadyen
1970  Painted Eightsome
1973  Eclipse
1973  On the Mountain
1974  Aerial
1974  Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town
1974  Colour Poems
1974  These Walls
1976  Place of Work
1976  Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.
1976  Survivor
1976  Tailpiece
1977  Aspects of Kirkwall 3: Occasions
1978  Hydro Poles by Helicopter
1978  Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch
1978  Shop!
1980  Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba
1981  Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes
1981  Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place
1981  Land Makar
1992  Blue Black Permanent
1998  Garden Pieces
2014  Before Words

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