Michael Carreras
Known for: Production
Born: December 21, 1927
Died: April 19, 1994
Place of birth: Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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.
Advertisement
Filmography
73 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
6.9
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
7.3
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
6.4
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
6.0
The Lady Vanishes
1979
5.6
Shatter
1974
5.9
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1974
4.3
That's Your Funeral
1972
5.3
Demons of the Mind
1972
5.6
Straight On Till Morning
1972
6.0
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
7.1
Nearest and Dearest
1972
4.9
Creatures the World Forgot
1971
5.2
Crescendo
1970
4.9
Moon Zero Two
1969
5.6
The Lost Continent
1968
6.3
A Challenge for Robin Hood
1967
5.0
Slave Girls
1967
6.2
One Million Years B.C.
1966
5.6
She
1965
5.5
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
1964
6.4
What a Crazy World
1963
6.2
Maniac
1963
6.3
The Damned
1962
6.2
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
7.6
Cash on Demand
1961
5.0
The Savage Guns
1961
6.5
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
7.1
Taste of Fear
1961
5.5
A Weekend with Lulu
1961
5.7
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
5.0
Visa to Canton
1960
6.1
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960
6.1
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
6.7
The Brides of Dracula
1960
6.6
Hell Is a City
1960
7.3
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960
6.5
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959
7.2
Yesterday's Enemy
1959
6.0
The Ugly Duckling
1959
6.7
The Mummy
1959
5.8
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
6.8
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
6.2
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959
7.1
The Snorkel
1958
6.6
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958
7.3
Dracula
1958
6.7
The Camp on Blood Island
1958
5.7
The Steel Bayonet
1958
7.3
Tales of Frankenstein
1958NR
A Clean Sweep
1958
6.2
The Abominable Snowman
1957
6.4
Quatermass 2
1957
6.8
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
6.1
X: The Unknown
1956
7.0
Eric Winstone's Stagecoach
1955
7.0
Break in the Circle
1955
7.0
The Right Person
1955
6.9
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954
4.7
Third Party Risk
1954
5.5
The Unholy Four
1954
6.2
Blackout
1954
5.8
Face the Music
1954
5.5
Blood Orange
1953
4.8
Spaceways
1953
5.9
Four Sided Triangle
1953
5.6
The Gambler and the Lady
1952
6.5
Lady in the Fog
1952
5.9
The Last Page
1952
7.5
Death of an Angel
1952
6.5
Never Look Back
1952
6.2
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
1952
7.0
A Case For P.C. 49
19515.5
The Dark Light
1951