Michael Carreras

Michael Carreras

Production
Born 1927-12-21 Died 1994-04-19 Wandsworth, London, England, UK 73 credits
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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.
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Filmography — top 60 of 73
Producing 50 credits
Dracula
Dracula
1958 · ★ 7.3 · Executive Producer
One Million Years B.C.
One Million Years B.C.
1966 · ★ 6.2 · Screenplay, Producer
The Brides of Dracula
The Brides of Dracula
1960 · ★ 6.7 · Executive Producer
The Unholy Four
The Unholy Four
1954 · Screenplay, Producer
The Mummy
The Mummy
1959 · ★ 6.7 · Producer
The Revenge of Frankenstein
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958 · ★ 6.6 · Executive Producer
Slave Girls
Slave Girls
1967 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Curse of Frankenstein
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957 · ★ 6.8 · Executive Producer
Dracula A.D. 1972
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972 · ★ 6.0 · Executive Producer
Taste of Fear
Taste of Fear
1961 · ★ 7.1 · Executive Producer
The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes
1979 · ★ 6.0 · Executive Producer
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · ★ 6.8 · Executive Producer
Quatermass 2
Quatermass 2
1957 · ★ 6.4 · Executive Producer
The Abominable Snowman
The Abominable Snowman
1957 · ★ 6.2 · Executive Producer
The Pirates of Blood River
The Pirates of Blood River
1962 · Executive Producer
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960 · ★ 6.1 · Producer
Moon Zero Two
Moon Zero Two
1969 · Screenplay, Producer
The Curse of the Werewolf
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961 · ★ 6.5 · Executive Producer
The Men of Sherwood Forest
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954 · Producer
Cash on Demand
Cash on Demand
1961 · ★ 7.6 · Executive Producer
She
She
1965 · ★ 5.6 · Producer
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
1964 · ★ 5.5 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960 · Executive Producer
The Snorkel
The Snorkel
1958 · Producer
Spaceways
Spaceways
1953 · Producer
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960 · Executive Producer
X: The Unknown
X: The Unknown
1956 · ★ 6.1 · Executive Producer
The Lost Continent
The Lost Continent
1968 · ★ 5.6 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Camp on Blood Island
The Camp on Blood Island
1958 · Executive Producer
The Damned
The Damned
1962 · ★ 6.3 · Executive Producer
Hell Is a City
Hell Is a City
1960 · Producer
Ten Seconds to Hell
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959 · Producer
Yesterday's Enemy
Yesterday's Enemy
1959 · Producer
Creatures the World Forgot
Creatures the World Forgot
1971 · Writer, Producer
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959 · ★ 5.8 · Producer
Shatter
Shatter
1974 · Director, Producer
The Terror of the Tongs
The Terror of the Tongs
1961 · Executive Producer
A Challenge for Robin Hood
A Challenge for Robin Hood
1967 · Executive Producer
Crescendo
Crescendo
1970 · Producer
The Stranglers of Bombay
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959 · Executive Producer
Straight On Till Morning
Straight On Till Morning
1972 · Producer
Demons of the Mind
Demons of the Mind
1972 · ★ 5.3 · Producer
Break in the Circle
Break in the Circle
1955 · Producer
Blackout
Blackout
1954 · Producer
The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling
1959 · Producer
Visa to Canton
Visa to Canton
1960 · Director, Producer
Face the Music
Face the Music
1954 · Producer
Eric Winstone's Stagecoach
Eric Winstone's Stagecoach
1955 · Director, Producer
That's Your Funeral
That's Your Funeral
1972 · Producer
Tales of Frankenstein
Tales of Frankenstein
1958 · Producer
Directing 8 credits
Writing 7 credits
Acting 5 credits
Other credits 3 credits
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