Michael Carreras
Michael Henry Carreras (21 December 1927 – 19 April 1994) was a British film producer and director. He was known for his association with Hammer Films, being the son of founder James Carreras, and taking an executive role in the company during its most successful years.
As producer, he worked on The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958) and The Curse of the Werewolf (1960) and She (1965) among over sixty other films. He also wrote a smaller number of screenplays. He later turned to directing, with The Savage Guns / Tierra brutal (1961), Maniac (1963), The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), Slave Girls (1967), The Lost Continent (1968) and Shatter (1975) among others. In 1971, he took over directing Blood from the Mummy's Tomb after director Seth Holt died partway through filming. Carreras died from cancer in London on 19 April 1994.
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Movies (73)
A Century of Science Fiction
1996 · Self
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994 · Thanks
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 · Self (archive footage)
The Lady Vanishes
1979 · Executive Producer
Shatter
1974 · Director, Producer
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1974 · Presenter
That's Your Funeral
1972 · Producer
Demons of the Mind
1972 · Producer
Straight On Till Morning
1972 · Producer
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972 · Executive Producer
Nearest and Dearest
1972 · Producer
Creatures the World Forgot
1971 · Writer, Producer
Crescendo
1970 · Producer
Moon Zero Two
1969 · Producer, Screenplay
The Lost Continent
1968 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
A Challenge for Robin Hood
1967 · Executive Producer
Slave Girls
1967 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
One Million Years B.C.
1966 · Screenplay, Producer
She
1965 · Producer
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
1964 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
What a Crazy World
1963 · Director, Producer
Maniac
1963 · Director
The Damned
1962 · Executive Producer
The Pirates of Blood River
1962 · Executive Producer
Cash on Demand
1961 · Executive Producer
The Savage Guns
1961 · Director
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961 · Executive Producer
Taste of Fear
1961 · Executive Producer
A Weekend with Lulu
1961 · Executive Producer
The Terror of the Tongs
1961 · Executive Producer
Visa to Canton
1960 · Director, Producer
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960 · Executive Producer
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960 · Producer
The Brides of Dracula
1960 · Executive Producer
Hell Is a City
1960 · Producer
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960 · Executive Producer
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959 · Executive Producer
Yesterday's Enemy
1959 · Producer
The Ugly Duckling
1959 · Producer
The Mummy
1959 · Producer
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959 · Producer
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · Executive Producer
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959 · Producer
The Snorkel
1958 · Producer
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958 · Executive Producer
Dracula
1958 · Executive Producer
The Camp on Blood Island
1958 · Executive Producer
The Steel Bayonet
1958 · Director, Producer
Tales of Frankenstein
1958 · Producer
A Clean Sweep
1958 · Executive Producer
The Abominable Snowman
1957 · Executive Producer
Quatermass 2
1957 · Executive Producer
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957 · Executive Producer
X: The Unknown
1956 · Executive Producer
Eric Winstone's Stagecoach
1955 · Director, Producer
Break in the Circle
1955 · Producer
The Right Person
1955 · Producer
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954 · Producer
Third Party Risk
1954 · Executive Producer
The Unholy Four
1954 · Screenplay, Producer
Blackout
1954 · Producer
Face the Music
1954 · Producer
Blood Orange
1953 · Producer
Spaceways
1953 · Producer
Four Sided Triangle
1953 · Producer
The Gambler and the Lady
1952 · Casting
Lady in the Fog
1952 · Casting
Man Bait
1952 · Casting Director
Death of an Angel
1952 · Casting Director
Never Look Back
1952 · Producer
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
1952 · Casting
A Case For P.C. 49
1951 · Casting Director
The Dark Light
1951 · Producer
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