# Michael Carreras
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{{Short description|British film director and producer (1927–1994)}}
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{{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](/source/London), [England](/source/England), UK
|death_date = {{death date and age|1994|4|19|1927|12|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = London, UK
| organization = [Hammer Film Productions](/source/Hammer_Film_Productions)
Capricorn Productions[{{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](/source/independent.co.uk)|date=22 April 1994|access-date=27 July 2024|first1=Tise|last1=Vahimagi}}]
| occupation = {{hlist|Film producer|film director|screenwriter}}
| parents = [James Carreras](/source/James_Carreras) (father)
| spouse = Married
| children = 3[{{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 }}] He was known for his association with [Hammer Films](/source/Hammer_Film_Productions), being the son of founder [James Carreras](/source/James_Carreras),[{{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}}] and taking an executive role in the company during its most successful years.
As producer, he worked on ''[The Curse of Frankenstein](/source/The_Curse_of_Frankenstein)'' (1957), ''[Dracula](/source/Dracula_(1958_film))'' (1958) and ''[The Curse of the Werewolf](/source/The_Curse_of_the_Werewolf)'' (1960) and ''[She](/source/She_(1965_film))'' (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](/source/Savage_Guns_(1961_film))'' (1961), ''[Maniac](/source/Maniac_(1963_film))'' (1963), ''[The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb](/source/The_Curse_of_the_Mummy's_Tomb)'' (1964), ''[Slave Girls](/source/Prehistoric_Women_(1967_film))'' (1967), ''[The Lost Continent](/source/The_Lost_Continent_(1968_film))'' (1968) and ''[Shatter](/source/Shatter_(film))'' (1975) among others. In 1971, he took over directing ''[Blood from the Mummy's Tomb](/source/Blood_from_the_Mummy's_Tomb)'' after director [Seth Holt](/source/Seth_Holt) died partway through filming.[{{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}}]
Carreras died from cancer in London on 19 April 1994.[{{Cite ODNB|id=104622|title=Carreras, Sir James Enrique (1909–1990)}}]
==Filmography==
'''Producer'''
* ''[The Dark Light](/source/The_Dark_Light_(film))'' (1951)
* ''[Never Look Back](/source/Never_Look_Back_(1952_film))'' (1952)
* ''[Mantrap](/source/Mantrap_(1953_film))'' (1952)
* ''[Spaceways](/source/Spaceways)'' (1953)
* ''[Face the Music](/source/Face_the_Music_(film))'' (1953)
* ''[Blood Orange](/source/Blood_Orange_(1953_film))'' (1953)
* ''[A Stranger Came Home](/source/A_Stranger_Came_Home)'' (1954)
* ''[The Men of Sherwood Forest](/source/The_Men_of_Sherwood_Forest)'' (1954)
* ''[Mask of Dust](/source/Mask_of_Dust)'' (1954)
* ''[Break in the Circle](/source/Break_in_the_Circle)'' (1954)
* ''[Murder by Proxy](/source/Murder_by_Proxy)'' (1954)
* ''Cyril Stapleton and the Show Band'' (documentary, 1955)
* ''[The Right Person](/source/The_Right_Person)'' (1955)
* ''Just for You'' (documentary, 1955)
* ''Parade of the Bands'' (documentary, 1955)
* ''Copenhagen'' (documentary, 1956)
* ''Dick Turpin – Highwayman'' (1956)
* ''[Quatermass 2](/source/Quatermass_2)'' (1956)
* ''[The Curse of Frankenstein](/source/The_Curse_of_Frankenstein)'' (1957)
* ''[The Steel Bayonet](/source/The_Steel_Bayonet)'' (1957)
* ''[The Abominable Snowman](/source/The_Abominable_Snowman_(film))'' (1957)
* ''[The Camp on Blood Island](/source/The_Camp_on_Blood_Island)'' (1957)
* ''[Dracula](/source/Dracula_(1958_film))'' (1957)
* ''[The Snorkel](/source/The_Snorkel)'' (1958)
* ''[The Revenge of Frankenstein](/source/The_Revenge_of_Frankenstein)'' (1958)
* ''[Ten Seconds to Hell](/source/Ten_Seconds_to_Hell)'' (1958)
* ''[Yesterday's Enemy](/source/Yesterday's_Enemy)'' (1959)
* ''[The Man Who Could Cheat Death](/source/The_Man_Who_Could_Cheat_Death)'' (1959)
* ''[The Mummy](/source/The_Mummy_(1959_film))'' (1959)
* ''[The Stranglers of Bombay](/source/The_Stranglers_of_Bombay)'' (1959)
* ''[Hell is a City](/source/Hell_is_a_City)'' (1959)
* ''[The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll](/source/The_Two_Faces_of_Dr._Jekyll)'' (1960)
* ''[The Brides of Dracula](/source/The_Brides_of_Dracula)'' (1960)
* ''[Sword of Sherwood Forest](/source/Sword_of_Sherwood_Forest)'' (1960)
* ''[Taste of Fear](/source/Taste_of_Fear)'' (1960)
* ''[Visa to Canton](/source/Visa_to_Canton)'' (1960)
* ''[The Terror of the Tongs](/source/The_Terror_of_the_Tongs)'' (1960)
* ''[The Curse of the Werewolf](/source/The_Curse_of_the_Werewolf)'' (1961)
* ''[The Pirates of Blood River](/source/The_Pirates_of_Blood_River)'' (1961)
* ''[Tierra brutal](/source/Tierra_brutal)'' (1962)
* ''[Cash on Demand](/source/Cash_on_Demand)'' (1962)
* ''[Maniac](/source/Maniac_(1963_film))'' (1962)
* ''[The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb](/source/The_Curse_of_the_Mummy's_Tomb)'' (1963)
* ''[Fanatic](/source/Fanatic_(film))'' (1964)
* ''[She](/source/She_(1965_film))'' (1965)
* ''[One Million Years B.C.](/source/One_Million_Years_B.C.)'' (1965, also writer)
* ''[Slave Girls](/source/Slave_Girls)'' (1966, also director)
* ''[The Mummy's Shroud](/source/The_Mummy's_Shroud)'' (1967)
* ''[The Lost Continent](/source/The_Lost_Continent_(1968_film))'' (1967)
* ''[A Challenge for Robin Hood](/source/A_Challenge_for_Robin_Hood)'' (1967)
* ''[Moon Zero Two](/source/Moon_Zero_Two)'' (1969)
* ''[Crescendo](/source/Crescendo_(1970_film))'' (1969)
* ''[Creatures the World Forgot](/source/Creatures_the_World_Forgot)'' (1970)
* ''[Shatter](/source/Shatter_(film))'' (1970)
* ''[Blood from the Mummy's Tomb](/source/Blood_from_the_Mummy's_Tomb)'' (1971)
* ''[Straight On Till Morning](/source/Straight_On_till_Morning_(film))'' (1971)
* ''[That's Your Funeral](/source/That's_Your_Funeral)'' (1972)
* ''[Demons of the Mind](/source/Demons_of_the_Mind)'' (1972)
* ''[The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires](/source/The_Legend_of_the_7_Golden_Vampires)'' (1973)
* ''[The Ghoul](/source/The_Ghoul_(1975_film))'' (1975)
* ''[The Lady Vanishes](/source/The_Lady_Vanishes_(1979_film))'' (1979)
'''Director'''
* ''Cyril Stapleton and the Show Band'' (documentary, 1955)
* ''Just for You'' (documentary, 1955)
* ''Parade of the Bands'' (documentary, 1955)