Margaret Tait
Born: 1918-11-11
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).
A Portrait of Ga
as NarratorReleased: 1952-01-01
Another early experiment in portraiture from Tait. In filming her mother she asks the wider...
Movie page
Margaret Tait: Film Maker
as SelfReleased: 1983-01-01
A documentary about the life and works of Margaret Tait.
Movie page
Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995
as herselfReleased: 2020-09-25
In Aurand’s signature diaristic form, roses in bloom, farm animals, Orkney landscapes, and...
Movie page
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
as NarratorReleased: 1955-01-01
A film interpretation of the poem 'The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo' by Gerard Manley...
Movie page
Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait
as Self (archive footage)Released: 2023-02-17
Drawing on a wealth of unseen archival material and unpublished notebooks, the film weaves a...
Movie page