Michael Carreras
Production·1927–1994·Wandsworth, London, England, UK
64 horror credits
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.
Director8 films
Shatter
Director
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Director
The Lost Continent
Director
Slave Girls
Director
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Director
Maniac
Director
Visa to Canton
Director
The Steel Bayonet
Director
Writer7 films
Creatures the World Forgot
Writer
Moon Zero Two
Screenplay
The Lost Continent
Screenplay
Slave Girls
Screenplay
One Million Years B.C.
Screenplay
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Screenplay
The Stranger Came Home
Screenplay
Producer56 films
The Lady Vanishes
Executive Producer
Shatter
Producer
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
Producer
Crescendo
Producer
Moon Zero Two
Producer
The Lost Continent
Producer
A Challenge for Robin Hood
Executive Producer
Slave Girls
Producer
One Million Years B.C.
Producer
She
Producer
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Producer
The Damned
Executive Producer
The Pirates of Blood River
Executive Producer
Cash on Demand
Executive Producer
The Curse of the Werewolf
Executive Producer
Taste of Fear
Executive Producer
The Terror of the Tongs
Executive Producer
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Executive Producer
Visa to Canton
Producer
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
Producer
Tales of Frankenstein
Producer
The Abominable Snowman
Executive Producer
Quatermass 2
Executive Producer
The Curse of Frankenstein
Executive Producer
X: The Unknown
Executive Producer
Break in the Circle
Producer
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Producer
Third Party Risk
Executive Producer
The Stranger Came Home
Producer
Blackout
Producer
Face the Music
Producer
Blood Orange
Producer
Spaceways
Producer
Four Sided Triangle
Producer
Never Look Back
Producer
The Dark Light
Producer
Other Crew6 films
The Gambler and the Lady
Casting
Lady in the Fog
Casting
The Last Page
Casting Director
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
Casting
Death of an Angel
Casting Director
A Case For P.C. 49
Casting Director