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

1971

Creatures the World Forgot ... (Writer)

1970

Crescendo ... (Producer)

1969

Moon Zero Two ... (Producer)

1968

The Lost Continent ... (Director)

1967

Slave Girls ... (Director)
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 ... (Director)

1963

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

1962

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

1961

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

1960

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

1959

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

1958

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

1957

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

1956

X: The Unknown ... (Executive Producer)

1955

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

1954

The Stranger Came Home ... (Screenplay)
Blackout ... (Producer)
The Men of Sherwood Forest ... (Producer)
Third Party Risk ... (Executive Producer)
Face the Music ... (Producer)

1953

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

1952

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

1951

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