Michael Carreras


Michael Henry Carreras 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, Dracula and The Curse of the Werewolf and She among over sixty other films. He also wrote a smaller number of screenplays. He later turned to directing, with The Savage Guns / Tierra brutal, Maniac, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Slave Girls, The Lost Continent and Shatter 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.

Filmography

ProducerThe Dark Light Never Look Back Mantrap Spaceways Face the Music Blood Orange A Stranger Came Home The Men of Sherwood Forest Mask of Dust Break in the Circle Murder by Proxy Cyril Stapleton and the Show Band The Right Person Just for You Parade of the Bands Copenhagen Dick Turpin – Highwayman Quatermass 2 The Curse of Frankenstein The Steel Bayonet The Abominable Snowman The Camp on Blood Island Dracula The Snorkel The Revenge of Frankenstein Ten Seconds to Hell Yesterday's Enemy The Man Who Could Cheat Death The Mummy The Stranglers of Bombay Hell is a City The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll The Brides of Dracula Sword of Sherwood Forest Taste of Fear Visa to Canton The Terror of the Tongs The Curse of the Werewolf The Pirates of Blood River Tierra brutal Cash on Demand Maniac The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb Fanatic She One Million Years B.C. Slave Girls The Mummy's Shroud The Lost Continent A Challenge for Robin Hood Moon Zero Two Crescendo Creatures the World Forgot Shatter Blood from the Mummy's Tomb Straight On Till Morning That's Your Funeral Demons of the Mind The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires The Ghoul The Lady Vanishes
DirectorCyril Stapleton and the Show Band Just for You Parade of the Bands Copenhagen The Steel Bayonet Visa to Canton Tierra brutal Maniac The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb The Lost Continent Blood from the Mummy's Tomb