As Actor
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
6.4
Michael Carreras
Acting
Birth Date
December 21, 1927
Place of Birth
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Date of Death
April 19, 1994
Biography
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.
Complete Filmography
As Director
Shatter
1974
5.8
As Writer
Creatures the World Forgot
1971
5.0
As Director
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
1971
5.6
As Director, As Writer
The Lost Continent
1968
5.6
As Writer
One Million Years B.C.
1966
6.1
As Director, As Writer
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
1964
5.5
As Director
What a Crazy World
1963
6.2
As Director
Maniac
1963
6.2
As Director
The Savage Guns
1961
3.3
As Director
Visa to Canton
1960
4.7
As Director
The Steel Bayonet
1958
5.4
As Writer
The Stranger Came Home
1954
5.1