Charles Tait
Directing
November 15, 1868
Died at age 64
June 27, 1933
Date of Death
Victoria, Australia
Biography
Though among the more obscure figures in Australian history, Charles Tait has a claim to eternal fame in the history of filmmaking - in 1906, he directed the first feature-length narrative film, The Story of the Kelley Gang, of which only a small portion survives. Tait and his brothers were theatre entrepreneurs at the turn of the century.