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Margaret Tait

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Born / DiedNov 11, 1918 (Died at 81)
Zodiac Sign♏Scorpio
Place of BirthKirkwall, United Kingdom
Career Span1949 – 1999
Known Credits28 Titles
Official Links
DirectingPopularity Score 0.5

Margaret Tait

Total Works

28

28 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

5.8 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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).

Signature Roles & Milestones

A Portrait of Ga
6.1
A Portrait of Ga
1952•movie
as Narrator

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 28 titles featuring Margaret Tait

A Portrait of Ga
6.1
A Portrait of Ga
1952•movie

as Narrator

Blue Black Permanent
5.6

Role: Director

Aerial
6.3
Aerial
1974•movie

Role: Director

The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
5.6
Colour Poems
7.7
Colour Poems
1974•movie

as Narrator

Where I Am Is Here
6.5
Where I Am Is Here
1964•movie

Role: Director

Garden Pieces
8.0
Garden Pieces
1998•movie

Role: Director

Rose Street
6.0
Rose Street
1956•movie

Role: Director

Place of Work
9.0
Place of Work
1976•movie

Role: Director

Painted Eightsome
5.0
Painted Eightsome
1970•movie

Role: Director

Calypso
5.0
Calypso
1955•movie

Role: Director

Land Makar
6.0
Land Makar
1981•movie

Role: Director

Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

as Self (archive footage)

Margaret Tait: Film Maker

as Self

Tailpiece
Tailpiece
1976•movie

Role: Director

Three Portrait Sketches

Role: Director

Edinburgh
Edinburgh
1958•movie

Role: Director

Happy Bees
Happy Bees
1954•movie

Role: Director

All These New Relations

Role: Director

Hydro Poles by Helicopter

Role: Director

On the Mountain
On the Mountain
1973•movie

Role: Director

Perugia in Umbria
Perugia in Umbria
1950•movie

Role: Director

Milano
Milano
1949•movie

Role: Director

A Pleasant Place
A Pleasant Place
1969•movie

Role: Director

Start of a Race, end of a show, etc.

Role: Director

Survivor
Survivor
1976•movie

Role: Director

Eclipse
Eclipse
1973•movie

Role: Director