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.
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- 1927-12-21 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- Died
- 1994-04-19
Known for
- Dracula (1958) — Executive Producer
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) — Executive Producer
- The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) — Executive Producer
- The Mummy (1959) — Producer
- The Brides of Dracula (1960) — Executive Producer
- One Million Years B.C. (1966) — Screenplay
- Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) — Executive Producer
- The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) — Executive Producer
- The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) — Executive Producer
- The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) — Presenter
- Taste of Fear (1961) — Executive Producer
- Quatermass 2 (1957) — Executive Producer
- The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) — Producer
- The Damned (1962) — Executive Producer
- The Abominable Snowman (1957) — Executive Producer
- The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) — Producer