Michael Carreras
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- December 21, 1927
- Died
- April 19, 1994 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Lady Vanishes
Movie · Executive Producer
Shatter
Movie · Producer
Dracula A.D. 1972
Movie · Executive Producer
Demons of the Mind
Movie · Producer
Nearest and Dearest
Movie · Producer
That's Your Funeral
Movie · Producer
Straight On Till Morning
Movie · Producer
Creatures the World Forgot
Movie · Producer
Crescendo
Movie · Producer
Moon Zero Two
Movie · Producer
The Lost Continent
Movie · Producer
Slave Girls
Movie · Producer
A Challenge for Robin Hood
Movie · Executive Producer
One Million Years B.C.
Movie · Producer
She
Movie · Producer
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Movie · Producer
What a Crazy World
Movie · Producer
The Damned
Movie · Executive Producer
The Pirates of Blood River
Movie · Executive Producer
The Curse of the Werewolf
Movie · Executive Producer
The Terror of the Tongs
Movie · Executive Producer
Cash on Demand
Movie · Executive Producer
Taste of Fear
Movie · Executive Producer
A Weekend with Lulu
Movie · Executive Producer
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Movie · Producer
The Brides of Dracula
Movie · Executive Producer
Hell Is a City
Movie · Producer
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Movie · Executive Producer
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Movie · Executive Producer
Visa to Canton
Movie · Producer
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · Executive Producer
The Ugly Duckling
Movie · Producer
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Movie · Producer
The Mummy
Movie · Producer
Yesterday's Enemy
Movie · Producer
The Stranglers of Bombay
Movie · Executive Producer
Ten Seconds to Hell
Movie · Producer
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Movie · Executive Producer
Tales of Frankenstein
Movie · Producer
Dracula
Movie · Executive Producer
The Snorkel
Movie · Producer
The Camp on Blood Island
Movie · Executive Producer
The Steel Bayonet
Movie · Producer
A Clean Sweep
Movie · Executive Producer
Quatermass 2
Movie · Executive Producer
The Abominable Snowman
Movie · Executive Producer
The Curse of Frankenstein
Movie · Executive Producer
X: The Unknown
Movie · Executive Producer
Break in the Circle
Movie · Producer
The Right Person
Movie · Producer
Eric Winstone's Stagecoach
Movie · Producer
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Movie · Producer
Face the Music
Movie · Producer
The Unholy Four
Movie · Producer
Blackout
Movie · Producer
Third Party Risk
Movie · Executive Producer
Four Sided Triangle
Movie · Producer
Blood Orange
Movie · Producer
Spaceways
Movie · Producer
Man Bait
Movie · Casting Director
The Gambler and the Lady
Movie · Casting
Lady in the Fog
Movie · Casting
Death of an Angel
Movie · Casting Director
Never Look Back
Movie · Producer
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
Movie · Casting
A Case For P.C. 49
Movie · Casting Director
The Dark Light
Movie · Producer