Michael Carreras

{{Short description|British film director and producer (1927–1994)}} {{For|the basketball player|Michael Carrera}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Michael Carreras | image = Michael Carreras.jpg | caption = Carreras in 1974 | birth_name = Michael Henry Carreras | birth_date = 21 December 1927 | birth_place = London, England, UK |death_date = {{death date and age|1994|4|19|1927|12|21|df=yes}} | death_place = London, UK | organization = Hammer Film Productions<br>Capricorn Productions<ref name="Independent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-michael-carreras-corrected-1371564.html|title=Obituary: Michael Carreras (CORRECTED)|website=independent.co.uk|date=22 April 1994|access-date=27 July 2024|first1=Tise|last1=Vahimagi}}</ref> | occupation = {{hlist|Film producer|film director|screenwriter}} | parents = James Carreras (father) | spouse = Married | children = 3<ref name="Independent"/> }}

'''Michael Henry Carreras''' (21 December 1927 – 19 April 1994) was a British film producer and director.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E05E0D8163AE134BC4851DFB0668383679EDE|title=Movie Review - - Screen: 'The Lost Continent' Surfaces:Hildegard Knef Is Star in Crisis-Filled Film Sea Adventure Opens at Local Theaters - NYTimes.com|work=The New York Times |date=17 February 2023 }}</ref> He was known for his association with Hammer Films, being the son of founder James Carreras,<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |last1=McFarlane |first1=Brian |title=Carreras, Michael (1927-1994) |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/873430/index.html |website=BFI Screenonline |access-date=21 September 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref name="film">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/the-curse-of-blood-from-the-mummys-tomb/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|date=26 December 2024|access-date=26 December 2024|title=The Curse of Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb}}</ref>

Carreras died from cancer in London on 19 April 1994.<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=104622|title=Carreras, Sir James Enrique (1909–1990)}}</ref>

==Filmography== '''Producer'''

* ''The Dark Light'' (1951) * ''Never Look Back'' (1952) * ''Mantrap'' (1952) * ''Spaceways'' (1953) * ''Face the Music'' (1953) * ''Blood Orange'' (1953) * ''A Stranger Came Home'' (1954) * ''The Men of Sherwood Forest'' (1954) * ''Mask of Dust'' (1954) * ''Break in the Circle'' (1954) * ''Murder by Proxy'' (1954) * ''Cyril Stapleton and the Show Band'' (documentary, 1955) * ''The Right Person'' (1955) * ''Just for You'' (documentary, 1955) * ''Parade of the Bands'' (documentary, 1955) * ''Copenhagen'' (documentary, 1956) * ''Dick Turpin – Highwayman'' (1956) * ''Quatermass 2'' (1956) * ''The Curse of Frankenstein'' (1957) * ''The Steel Bayonet'' (1957) * ''The Abominable Snowman'' (1957) * ''The Camp on Blood Island'' (1957) * ''Dracula'' (1957) * ''The Snorkel'' (1958) * ''The Revenge of Frankenstein'' (1958) * ''Ten Seconds to Hell'' (1958) * ''Yesterday's Enemy'' (1959) * ''The Man Who Could Cheat Death'' (1959) * ''The Mummy'' (1959) * ''The Stranglers of Bombay'' (1959) * ''Hell is a City'' (1959) * ''The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll'' (1960) * ''The Brides of Dracula'' (1960) * ''Sword of Sherwood Forest'' (1960) * ''Taste of Fear'' (1960) * ''Visa to Canton'' (1960) * ''The Terror of the Tongs'' (1960) * ''The Curse of the Werewolf'' (1961) * ''The Pirates of Blood River'' (1961) * ''Tierra brutal'' (1962) * ''Cash on Demand'' (1962) * ''Maniac'' (1962) * ''The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb'' (1963) * ''Fanatic'' (1964) * ''She'' (1965) * ''One Million Years B.C.'' (1965, also writer) * ''Slave Girls'' (1966, also director) * ''The Mummy's Shroud'' (1967) * ''The Lost Continent'' (1967) * ''A Challenge for Robin Hood'' (1967) * ''Moon Zero Two'' (1969) * ''Crescendo'' (1969) * ''Creatures the World Forgot'' (1970) * ''Shatter'' (1970) * ''Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' (1971) * ''Straight On Till Morning'' (1971) * ''That's Your Funeral'' (1972) * ''Demons of the Mind'' (1972) * ''The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires'' (1973) * ''The Ghoul'' (1975) * ''The Lady Vanishes'' (1979)

'''Director'''

* ''Cyril Stapleton and the Show Band'' (documentary, 1955) * ''Just for You'' (documentary, 1955) * ''Parade of the Bands'' (documentary, 1955)<ref name="BFI" /> * ''Copenhagen'' (documentary, 1956)<ref name="BFI" /> * ''The Steel Bayonet'' (1957)<ref name="BFI" /> * ''Visa to Canton'' (1960) * ''Tierra brutal'' (1962) * ''Maniac'' (1962) * ''The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb'' (1963) * ''The Lost Continent'' (1967) * ''Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' (1971; co-director, replaced Seth Holt) * ''Shatter'' (1975)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0140257}} * {{Screenonline name|873430|name=Michael Carreras biography and filmography}}

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