Known For
Production
Born
Dec 21, 1927
Died
Apr 19, 1994
Place of Birth
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Credits
73 titles
Michael Carreras
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
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Thanks
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Self (archive footage)
The Lady Vanishes
Executive Producer
Shatter
Director
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Presenter
That's Your Funeral
Producer
Demons of the Mind
Producer
Straight On Till Morning
Producer
Dracula A.D. 1972
Executive Producer
Nearest and Dearest
Producer
Creatures the World Forgot
Writer
Crescendo
Producer
Moon Zero Two
Producer
The Lost Continent
Producer
A Challenge for Robin Hood
Executive Producer
Slave Girls
Screenplay
One Million Years B.C.
Screenplay
She
Producer
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Director
What a Crazy World
Director
Maniac
Director
The Damned
Executive Producer
The Pirates of Blood River
Executive Producer
Cash on Demand
Executive Producer
The Savage Guns
Director
The Curse of the Werewolf
Executive Producer
Taste of Fear
Executive Producer
A Weekend with Lulu
Executive Producer
The Terror of the Tongs
Executive Producer
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Executive Producer
Visa to Canton
Director
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Producer
The Brides of Dracula
Executive Producer
Hell Is a City
Producer
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Executive Producer
The Stranglers of Bombay
Executive Producer
Yesterday's Enemy
Producer
The Ugly Duckling
Producer
The Mummy
Producer
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Producer
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Executive Producer
Ten Seconds to Hell
Producer
The Snorkel
Producer
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Executive Producer
Dracula
Executive Producer
The Camp on Blood Island
Executive Producer
The Steel Bayonet
Director
Tales of Frankenstein
Producer
A Clean Sweep
Executive Producer