Michael Carreras

Production·Dec 21, 1927·Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Rate

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.

Film	Credit
A Century of Science Fiction1996 · Self	Self
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood1987 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Shatter1974 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
That's Your Funeral1972 · Producer	Producer
Demons of the Mind1972 · Producer	Producer
Straight On Till Morning1972 · Producer	Producer
Nearest and Dearest1972 · Producer	Producer
Creatures the World Forgot1971 · Writer, Producer	Writer, Producer
Crescendo1970 · Producer	Producer
Moon Zero Two1969 · Screenplay, Producer	Screenplay, Producer
The Lost Continent1968 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
Slave Girls1967 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
One Million Years B.C.1966 · Screenplay, Producer	Screenplay, Producer
She1965 · Producer	Producer
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb1964 · Producer, Screenplay, Director	Producer, Screenplay, Director
What a Crazy World1963 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Maniac1963 · Director	Director
The Savage Guns1961 · Director	Director
Visa to Canton1960 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll1960 · Producer	Producer
Hell Is a City1960 · Producer	Producer
Yesterday's Enemy1959 · Producer	Producer
The Ugly Duckling1959 · Producer	Producer
The Mummy1959 · Producer	Producer
The Man Who Could Cheat Death1959 · Producer	Producer
Ten Seconds to Hell1959 · Producer	Producer
The Snorkel1958 · Producer	Producer
The Steel Bayonet1958 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Tales of Frankenstein1958 · Producer	Producer
EEric Winstone's Stagecoach1955 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Break in the Circle1955 · Producer	Producer
The Right Person1955 · Producer	Producer
The Men of Sherwood Forest1954 · Producer	Producer
The Stranger Came Home1954 · Screenplay, Producer	Screenplay, Producer
Blackout1954 · Producer	Producer
Face the Music1954 · Producer	Producer
Blood Orange1953 · Producer	Producer
Spaceways1953 · Producer	Producer
Four Sided Triangle1953 · Producer	Producer
Never Look Back1952 · Producer	Producer
TThe Dark Light1951 · Producer	Producer