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Michael Carreras
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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 Ja…
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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
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1996
A Century of Science Fiction
Movie Self
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1994
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Movie Thanks
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1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1979
The Lady Vanishes
Movie Executive Producer
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1974
Shatter
Movie Director
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1974
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Movie Presenter
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1972
That's Your Funeral
Movie Producer
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1972
Demons of the Mind
Movie Producer
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1972
Straight On Till Morning
Movie Producer
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1972
Dracula A.D. 1972
Movie Executive Producer
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1972
Nearest and Dearest
Movie Producer
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1971
Creatures the World Forgot
Movie Writer
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1970
Crescendo
Movie Producer
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1969
Moon Zero Two
Movie Producer
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1968
The Lost Continent
Movie Director
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1967
A Challenge for Robin Hood
Movie Executive Producer
More credits
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1967
Slave Girls
Movie Director
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1966
One Million Years B.C.
Movie Screenplay
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1965
She
Movie Producer
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1964
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Movie Director
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1963
What a Crazy World
Movie Director
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1963
Maniac
Movie Director
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1962
The Damned
Movie Executive Producer
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1962
The Pirates of Blood River
Movie Executive Producer
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1961
Cash on Demand
Movie Executive Producer
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1961
The Savage Guns
Movie Director
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1961
The Curse of the Werewolf
Movie Executive Producer
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1961
Taste of Fear
Movie Executive Producer
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1961
A Weekend with Lulu
Movie Executive Producer
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1961
The Terror of the Tongs
Movie Executive Producer
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1960
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Movie Executive Producer
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1960
Visa to Canton
Movie Director
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1960
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Movie Producer
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1960
The Brides of Dracula
Movie Executive Producer
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1960
Hell Is a City
Movie Producer
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1960
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Movie Executive Producer
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1959
The Stranglers of Bombay
Movie Executive Producer
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1959
Yesterday's Enemy
Movie Producer
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1959
The Ugly Duckling
Movie Producer
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1959
The Mummy
Movie Producer
