7.6
7.6
Cash on Demand
1961
Executive Producer
Michael Carreras
Production
Born:December 21, 1927
Died:April 19, 1994(aged 66)
Birthplace:Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (65 movies)
7.3
7.3
Dracula
1958
Executive Producer
7.3
7.3
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960
Executive Producer
7.2
7.2
Yesterday's Enemy
1959
Producer
7.2
7.2
Tales of Frankenstein
1958
Producer
7.1
7.1
The Snorkel
1958
Producer
7.0
7.0
Taste of Fear
1961
Executive Producer
6.9
6.9
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
as Self
6.8
6.8
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954
Producer
6.7
6.7
The Mummy
1959
Producer
6.7
6.7
The Brides of Dracula
1960
Executive Producer
6.6
6.6
The Camp on Blood Island
1958
Executive Producer
6.6
6.6
Nearest and Dearest
1972
Producer
6.6
6.6
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958
Executive Producer
6.5
6.5
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959
Executive Producer
6.5
6.5
Hell Is a City
1960
Producer
6.5
6.5
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
Executive Producer
6.4
6.4
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as Self (archive footage)
6.4
6.4
Quatermass 2
1957
Executive Producer
6.3
6.3
Never Look Back
1952
Producer
6.2
6.2
The Damned
1962
Executive Producer
6.2
6.2
What a Crazy World
1963
Director
6.2
6.2
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959
Producer
6.2
6.2
A Challenge for Robin Hood
1967
Executive Producer
6.2
6.2
The Abominable Snowman
1957
Executive Producer
6.1
6.1
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
Executive Producer
6.1
6.1
X: The Unknown
1956
Executive Producer
6.1
6.1
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
Producer
6.1
6.1
Maniac
1963
Director
6.1
6.1
One Million Years B.C.
1966
Producer
6.0
6.0
Blackout
1954
Producer
6.0
6.0
Four Sided Triangle
1953
Producer
6.0
6.0
The Lady Vanishes
1979
Executive Producer
5.9
5.9
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960
Executive Producer
5.9
5.9
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
Executive Producer
5.8
5.8
The Ugly Duckling
1959
Producer
5.7
5.7
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
Executive Producer
5.7
5.7
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
Producer
5.7
5.7
Face the Music
1954
Producer
5.7
5.7
Straight On Till Morning
1972
Producer
5.6
5.6
Shatter
1974
Producer
5.6
5.6
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
1971
Director
5.5
5.5
She
1965
Producer
5.5
5.5
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
1964
Screenplay
5.5
5.5
The Lost Continent
1968
Producer
5.4
5.4
The Steel Bayonet
1958
Director
5.2
5.2
Demons of the Mind
1972
Producer
5.2
5.2
Blood Orange
1953
Producer
5.1
5.1
The Stranger Came Home
1954
Producer
5.0
5.0
Crescendo
1970
Producer
5.0
5.0
Break in the Circle
1955
Producer
4.9
4.9
Creatures the World Forgot
1971
Writer
4.8
4.8
Slave Girls
1967
Director
4.8
4.8
Moon Zero Two
1969
Producer
4.7
4.7
Visa to Canton
1960
Director
4.6
4.6
Third Party Risk
1954
Executive Producer
4.4
4.4
Spaceways
1953
Producer
3.8
3.8
The Dark Light
1951
Producer
3.3
3.3
The Savage Guns
1961
Director
2.3
2.3
That's Your Funeral
1972
Producer
The Right Person
1955
Producer
A Clean Sweep
1958
Executive Producer
The Eric Winstone Bandshow
1955
Producer
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