Michael Carreras

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.

Crew

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

(Producer)

The Revenge of Frankenstein

(Executive Producer)

Tales of Frankenstein

(Producer)

One Million Years B.C.

(Screenplay)

One Million Years B.C.

(Producer)

The Lost Continent

(Director)

The Lost Continent

(Screenplay)

The Lost Continent

(Producer)

The Brides of Dracula

(Executive Producer)

Dracula

(Executive Producer)

The Hound of the Baskervilles

(Executive Producer)

Moon Zero Two

(Producer)

Moon Zero Two

(Screenplay)

Dracula A.D. 1972

(Executive Producer)

The Ugly Duckling

(Producer)

The Terror of the Tongs

(Executive Producer)

The Curse of the Werewolf

(Executive Producer)

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

(Producer)

Hell Is a City

(Producer)

The Snorkel

(Producer)

Maniac

(Director)

Cash on Demand

(Executive Producer)

Demons of the Mind

(Producer)

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

(Director)

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

(Screenplay)

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

(Producer)

Slave Girls

(Director)

Slave Girls

(Screenplay)

Taste of Fear

(Executive Producer)

She

(Producer)

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

(Executive Producer)

The Mummy

(Producer)

Crescendo

(Producer)

The Damned

(Executive Producer)

Shatter

(Director)

The Steel Bayonet

(Director)

Four Sided Triangle

(Producer)

Creatures the World Forgot

(Writer)

The Stranger Came Home

(Screenplay)

The Savage Guns

(Director)

Visa to Canton

(Director)

Break in the Circle

(Producer)

The Camp on Blood Island

(Executive Producer)

Yesterday's Enemy

(Producer)

X the Unknown

(Executive Producer)

What a Crazy World

(Director)

Quatermass 2

(Executive Producer)

The Stranglers of Bombay

(Executive Producer)

The Last Page

(Casting Director)

The Steel Bayonet

(Producer)

The Abominable Snowman

(Executive Producer)

Shatter

(Producer)

The Men of Sherwood Forest

(Producer)

Slave Girls

(Producer)

The Curse of Frankenstein

(Executive Producer)

Blood Orange

(Producer)

The Gambler and the Lady

(Casting)

Spaceways

(Producer)

Lady in the Fog

(Casting)

Sword of Sherwood Forest

(Executive Producer)

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

(Presenter)

Death of an Angel

(Casting Director)

The Lady Vanishes

(Executive Producer)

A Challenge for Robin Hood

(Executive Producer)

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

(Thanks)

The Pirates of Blood River

(Executive Producer)

Never Look Back

(Producer)

A Case For P.C. 49

(Casting Director)

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

(Director)

Ten Seconds to Hell

(Producer)

Face the Music

(Producer)

Blackout

(Producer)

The Stranger Came Home

(Producer)

Third Party Risk

(Executive Producer)

Nearest and Dearest

(Producer)

That's Your Funeral

(Producer)

Creatures the World Forgot

(Producer)

What a Crazy World

(Producer)

Visa to Canton

(Producer)

The Right Person

(Producer)

Straight On Till Morning

(Producer)

A Clean Sweep

(Executive Producer)

The Dark Light

(Producer)