Heath Tait 200 pictures

Writer, Director, Cinematographer
Heath Tait was born amidst fruit clustered orchards, albeit in the wintertime, a 4th-generation of Summerland, British Columbia, the same land passed down and farmed 3 prosperous generations. He grew up a country kid with a very creative housewife mother who favored quiet sewing and writing, and an adventurous father who enjoyed traveling to ...

Known for: Vancouver Vagabond II (2012), Vancouver Vagabond (2009), VANdaliSM (2013), Pictorial Forest (1999)
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Sept 25, 2015 Bear Creek ride with local champ Megan Leigh Griffiths.
Biker
DangerSport: Heath's savage bikes 2015
Bodyshot Aug 14, 2015
Portrait II, Aug 14, 2015
Portrait Aug 14, 2015
Headshot Aug 14, 2015
30 years in wait, 1985-2015... my favorite trilogy, a series influencing so many in and out of the industry, high hopes going into the screening. A very sad sign of how even a legendary director can lose it in the trashy globalist movie market now, booo!
April 23, 2015 Premiere 59yrs after 1st Vegas show, 1954: Graceland presents ELVIS:
Heath & his 1969 New York model Oxberry Animation & Titles Film (rostrum) Camera, on site at Pictfire Films Studio 2007-'13. *Shot Super 35mm, reg 35mm, Super 16 & reg 16mm with variable shutter wheel. Alas.
Heath & his 1969 New York model Oxberry Animation & Titles Film (rostrum) Camera, on site at Pictfire Films Studio 2007-'13. *Shot Super 35mm, reg 35mm, Super 16 & reg 16mm with variable shutter wheel. Alas.
Heath on his '91 FXSTC Hog, 2010.
Heath and his '95 Honda Shadow 600 with his 32nd Worldfest Houston Gold win for Pictorial Forest, 1999.
Heath on his '84 Honda XR80, 1986.
Heath's 1st scoot, '80 Honda Z50R, 1983.
Precarious ambitions. Heath attempting to match his hardcore childhood pal, Andre, 1978.
Big Bars, forever. Heath on his groovy ride, 1978.
Applying some makeup on location, Vancouver's historic Gastown, 2002, Vancouver Vagabond.
Animating the
On location, some makeup in Vancouver's historic Gastown, behind is the steam clock, 2002, Vancouver Vagabond.
HT applying track marks on hooker character, summer 2003, Vancouver Vagabond.
Empress Bust, gypsum cement, 2004.
Mounting
Molded rubber legs for 12 min. Grade 12 horror video
HT directs Pimp & Hooker scene for Vancouver Vagabond, 2002. Old and new school filmmaking: CP16mm with DV camera mounted with frames matched for replay and behind the scenes taping of scene.
Old school filmmaking: HT with light meter and CP16mm on location for
Old school filmmaking: Producer/Starlet scene from Vancouver Vagabond, 2004.
Mouseland love... a big round nose, hmmm...
MouseLandLaughs
Walt's Magic Kingdom. Heath Tait director & Alex Kassimatis, editor. April 20, 2010.
Pictorial Forest, the cartoon before the feature film, Vancouver Vagabond (VV is partly about the making of the 1999 animation short).
Kingland
Elvis' last exclusive showroom (1969-76), the Las Vegas Hilton 1970-2012, opened in '69 as the
HT, director.
HT directing a scene in Vancouver Vagabond, 2004.
... dreadful. HT having torso cast in plaster bandages for
HT & menagerie of Pictorial Forest rubber animation puppet critters on stands for Art display, 1999.
Pictorial Forest rubber animation puppets, pre-paint, Vancouver 1995.
Pictorial Forest opens for Lord of the Rings III, 2004 Ridge Theatre, Vancouver.
Pictorial Forest rubber animation puppet menagerie, mounted for Art exhibit, 1999.
Destroying Pictorial Forest large-scale
Plastering the
Photographing Pictorial Forest rubber creatures of every sort, spring 1997.
Pictorial Forest background matte painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 1997.
Painting classical animation cels, summer 1997.
Preparing set for fiberglass May 1997, Pictorial Forest.
HT animating on glass table, spring 1997, Pictorial Forest.
Halloween 1997, simple self-makeup.
Makeup on set 2003, Christine Buhr, Vancouver Vagabond.
Time Lapse Roses wilt seq, Bolex EL 16mm, 2002. (This improvised long-term shoot was set up in my studio hallway for over a week, never disturbed, the roses wilting, falling over and out of the picture).
Tribal Hooks shoot, 2004. Vancouver Vagabond.
Loading an old CP16 for Vampire shoot 2003.
Vancouver Vagabond shoot, Oct 2005.
... in the beginning
HT & El Nino Madman! Actor Marty Andaluz 2003.
Applying some makeup on location, 2003.
VANdaliSM wins the Silver Screen Award, 2013 Nevada International Film Festival, Las Vegas.
HT & MC