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.
Filmography
all 73
Movies 73
Producer 49
Director 11
self 4
Writer 4
Bathtub Shark Attack (2022)
A Century of Science Fiction (1996)
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
Shatter (1974)
The Dracula Business (1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
That's Your Funeral (1972)
Demons of the Mind (1972)
Straight On Till Morning (1972)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Nearest and Dearest (1972)
Creatures the World Forgot (1971)
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
Crescendo (1970)
Moon Zero Two (1969)
The Lost Continent (1968)
A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)
Slave Girls (1967)
One Million Years B.C. (1966)
She (1965)
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)
What a Crazy World (1963)
Maniac (1963)
The Damned (1962)
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Cash on Demand (1961)
The Savage Guns (1961)
Taste of Fear (1961)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
Visa to Canton (1960)
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
Hell Is a City (1960)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
The Ugly Duckling (1959)
The Mummy (1959)
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Snorkel (1958)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Dracula (1958)
The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
The Steel Bayonet (1958)
Tales of Frankenstein (1958)
A Clean Sweep (1958)
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Quatermass II (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
X the Unknown (1956)
Dick Turpin: Highwayman (1956)
Break in the Circle (1955)
The Right Person (1955)
The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
The Unholy Four (1954)
Blackout (1954)
Face the Music (1954)
Blood Orange (1953)
Spaceways (1953)
Four Sided Triangle (1953)
Mantrap (1953)
The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
Lady in the Fog (1952)
The Last Page (1952)
Never Look Back (1952)
The Dark Light (1951)
Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic
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GenderMale
Birthday1927-12-21
Deathday1994-04-19 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsHenry Younger, Michael Nash
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