Michael Carreras
Production
1927-12-21 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
A Century of Science Fiction
1996 · Movie
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994 · Movie
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 · Movie
The Lady Vanishes
1979 · Movie
Shatter
1974 · Movie
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1974 · Movie
That's Your Funeral
1972 · Movie
Demons of the Mind
1972 · Movie
Straight On Till Morning
1972 · Movie
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972 · Movie
Nearest and Dearest
1972 · Movie
Creatures the World Forgot
1971 · Movie
Crescendo
1970 · Movie
Moon Zero Two
1969 · Movie
The Lost Continent
1968 · Movie
A Challenge for Robin Hood
1967 · Movie
Slave Girls
1967 · Movie
One Million Years B.C.
1966 · Movie
She
1965 · Movie
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
1964 · Movie
What a Crazy World
1963 · Movie
Maniac
1963 · Movie
The Damned
1962 · Movie
The Pirates of Blood River
1962 · Movie
Cash on Demand
1961 · Movie
The Savage Guns
1961 · Movie
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961 · Movie
Taste of Fear
1961 · Movie
A Weekend with Lulu
1961 · Movie
The Terror of the Tongs
1961 · Movie
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960 · Movie
Visa to Canton
1960 · Movie
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960 · Movie
The Brides of Dracula
1960 · Movie
Hell Is a City
1960 · Movie
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960 · Movie
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959 · Movie
Yesterday's Enemy
1959 · Movie
The Ugly Duckling
1959 · Movie
The Mummy
1959 · Movie
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959 · Movie
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · Movie
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959 · Movie
The Snorkel
1958 · Movie
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958 · Movie
Dracula
1958 · Movie
The Camp on Blood Island
1958 · Movie
The Steel Bayonet
1958 · Movie
Tales of Frankenstein
1958 · Movie
A Clean Sweep
1958 · Movie
The Abominable Snowman
1957 · Movie
Quatermass 2
1957 · Movie
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957 · Movie
X: The Unknown
1956 · Movie
Eric Winstone's Stagecoach
1955 · Movie
Break in the Circle
1955 · Movie
The Right Person
1955 · Movie
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954 · Movie
Third Party Risk
1954 · Movie
The Unholy Four
1954 · Movie
Blackout
1954 · Movie
Face the Music
1954 · Movie
Blood Orange
1953 · Movie
Spaceways
1953 · Movie
Four Sided Triangle
1953 · Movie
The Gambler and the Lady
1952 · Movie
Lady in the Fog
1952 · Movie
Man Bait
1952 · Movie
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
1952 · Movie
Death of an Angel
1952 · Movie
Never Look Back
1952 · Movie
A Case For P.C. 49
1951 · Movie
The Dark Light
1951 · Movie