Michael Carreras

Born: 1927-12-21 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Died: 1994-04-19

Known For: Production

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.

Filmography

1979

The Lady Vanishes ... (Executive Producer)

1974

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires ... (Presenter)
Shatter ... (Director)

1972

Dracula A.D. 1972 ... (Executive Producer)
Demons of the Mind ... (Producer)
Straight On Till Morning ... (Producer)
That's Your Funeral ... (Producer)
Nearest and Dearest ... (Producer)

1971

Creatures the World Forgot ... (Writer)

1970

Crescendo ... (Producer)

1969

Moon Zero Two ... (Screenplay)

1968

The Lost Continent ... (Screenplay)

1967

Slave Girls ... (Screenplay)
A Challenge for Robin Hood ... (Executive Producer)

1966

One Million Years B.C. ... (Screenplay)

1965

She ... (Producer)

1964

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb ... (Producer)

1963

Maniac ... (Director)
What a Crazy World ... (Director)

1962

The Pirates of Blood River ... (Executive Producer)
The Damned ... (Executive Producer)

1961

Taste of Fear ... (Executive Producer)
The Curse of the Werewolf ... (Executive Producer)
The Terror of the Tongs ... (Executive Producer)
Cash on Demand ... (Executive Producer)
The Savage Guns ... (Director)
A Weekend with Lulu ... (Executive Producer)

1960

The Brides of Dracula ... (Executive Producer)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll ... (Producer)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger ... (Executive Producer)
Sword of Sherwood Forest ... (Executive Producer)
Hell Is a City ... (Producer)
Visa to Canton ... (Director)

1959

The Hound of the Baskervilles ... (Executive Producer)
The Mummy ... (Producer)
Ten Seconds to Hell ... (Producer)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death ... (Producer)
The Stranglers of Bombay ... (Executive Producer)
Yesterday's Enemy ... (Producer)
The Ugly Duckling ... (Producer)

1958

Dracula ... (Executive Producer)
The Revenge of Frankenstein ... (Executive Producer)
The Camp on Blood Island ... (Executive Producer)
The Snorkel ... (Producer)
Tales of Frankenstein ... (Producer)
The Steel Bayonet ... (Director)
A Clean Sweep ... (Executive Producer)

1957

The Curse of Frankenstein ... (Executive Producer)
Quatermass 2 ... (Executive Producer)
The Abominable Snowman ... (Executive Producer)

1956

X: The Unknown ... (Executive Producer)

1955

Break in the Circle ... (Producer)
Eric Winstone's Stagecoach ... (Director)
The Right Person ... (Producer)

1954

The Unholy Four ... (Screenplay)
The Men of Sherwood Forest ... (Producer)
Third Party Risk ... (Executive Producer)
Blackout ... (Producer)
Face the Music ... (Producer)

1953

Spaceways ... (Producer)
Blood Orange ... (Producer)
Four Sided Triangle ... (Producer)

1952

Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard ... (Casting)
Lady in the Fog ... (Casting)
The Gambler and the Lady ... (Casting)
Death of an Angel ... (Casting Director)
Man Bait ... (Casting Director)
Never Look Back ... (Producer)

1951

A Case For P.C. 49 ... (Casting Director)
The Dark Light ... (Producer)