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Portrait of Margaret Tait

Directing

Margaret Tait

Career

Active from 1949 to 2014, with a break from 1999 to 2013, busiest in 1955 with 7 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Portrait of Ga
A Portrait of Ga
GoodWatch score62/100

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Experimental Film 2
  • Visual Poem 2
  • Personal Reflection 2
  • Avant-Garde 2
  • Nature Film 2
  • Orkney Islands 2
  • Contemplative 2
  • Educational 2
  • 1950s 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    48
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2010s

    1 title
    Before Words
    Before Words (2014)

    Writer

    1990s

    2 titles · average score 60
    Garden Pieces
    Garden Pieces (1998)

    Director

    Blue Black Permanent
    Blue Black Permanent (1992)
    GoodWatch score 60

    Director, Writer

    1980s

    4 titles
    Land Makar
    Land Makar (1981)

    Director

    Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place
    Aspects of Kirkwall No. 5: The Look of the Place (1981)

    Director

    Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes
    Aspects of Kirkwall 6: Some Changes (1981)

    Director

    Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba
    Aspects of Kirkwall 4: The Ba (1980)

    Director

    1970s

    17 titles
    Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch
    Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch (1978)

    Director

    Place of Work
    Place of Work (1976)

    Director, Writer

    Tailpiece
    Tailpiece (1976)

    Director, Writer

    Survivor
    Survivor (1976)

    Director

    Colour Poems
    Colour Poems (1974)

    as Narrator

    Aerial
    Aerial (1974)

    Director

    Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town
    Aspects of Kirkwall 2: Shape of a Town (1974)

    Director

    On the Mountain
    On the Mountain (1973)

    Director

    Eclipse
    Eclipse (1973)

    Director

    John MacFadyen
    John MacFadyen (1970)

    Director

    Painted Eightsome
    Painted Eightsome (1970)

    Director

    Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney
    Growing Up: Chinese Geese in Orkney (1970)

    Director

    1960s

    6 titles
    A Pleasant Place
    A Pleasant Place (1969)

    Director, Editor

    Caora Mor: The Big Sheep
    Caora Mor: The Big Sheep (1966)

    Director

    Splashing
    Splashing (1966)

    Director

    Where I Am Is Here
    Where I Am Is Here (1964)

    Director, Writer

    Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait
    Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait (1964)

    Director

    Palindrome
    Palindrome (1964)

    Director

    1950s

    17 titles · average score 62
    Rose Street
    Rose Street (1956)

    Director of Photography, Writer

    The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo
    The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo (1955)

    as Narrator

    The Royal Mile Edinburgh
    The Royal Mile Edinburgh (1955)

    Director

    Edinburgh General
    Edinburgh General (1955)

    Director

    Princes Street Edinburgh
    Princes Street Edinburgh (1955)

    Director

    Calypso
    Calypso (1955)

    Director

    Happy Bees
    Happy Bees (1954)

    Director

    A Portrait of Ga
    A Portrait of Ga (1952)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Narrator

    My Room, Via Ancona 21
    My Room, Via Ancona 21 (1951)

    Director

    The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo
    The Lion the Griffin and the Kangaroo (1951)

    Director

    Three Portrait Sketches
    Three Portrait Sketches (1951)

    Cinematography, Director

    One Is One
    One Is One (1951)

    Director

    1940s

    1 title
    Milano
    Milano (1949)

    Director