Michael Carreras

Michael Henry Carreras was born on 27 September 1927 in Wandsworth, London.
The son of founder James Carreras, he had an executive role in the company during its most successful years.
Educated at Reading School. From 1943 to 1950, served as associate producer at Exclusive Films. Subsequently, director, screenwriter and producer. Gradually introduced science-fiction into Hammer’s output. He was executive producer at Hammer Films from 1955. Managing director in 1971, and Chief Executive the following year. He was forced to resign in 1979, when the company failed to secure finance and fell into receivership.
Michael Carreras died of cancer died in Chelsea, London on 19 April 1994, he was 66.
Michael Carreras’ Hammer Productions (87)
Year Released | Production | Role |
1951 | A Case for PC 49 | Casting |
1951 | Cloudburst | Casting |
1951 | The Dark Light | Producer |
1952 | Death of an Angel | Casting |
1952 | Lady in the Fog | Casting |
1952 | The Last Page | Casting Director |
1952 | Never Look Back | Producer |
1952 | Whispering Smith Hits London | Casting |
1952 | Wings of Danger | Casting |
1953 | Blood Orange | Producer |
1953 | Four Sided Triangle | Producer |
1953 | The Gambler and the Lady | Casting |
1953 | Mantrap | Producer |
1953 | Spaceways | Producer |
1954 | Face the Music | Band Member (uncredited) |
1954 | The Stranger Came Home | Producer |
1954 | The Stranger Came Home | Screenplay |
1954 | Face the Music | Producer |
1954 | Mask of Dust | Executive Producer |
1954 | The Men of Sherwood Forest | Producer |
1955 | Break in the Circle | Producer |
1955 | Murder by Proxy | Producer |
1956 | Dick Turpin, Highwayman | Producer |
1956 | The Right Person | Producer |
1956 | X - The Unknown | Executive Producer |
1957 | The Abominable Snowman | Executive Producer |
1957 | The Curse of Frankenstein | Executive Producer |
1957 | Danger List | Executive Producer |
1957 | Quatermass 2 | Executive Producer |
1957 | The Steel Bayonet | Producer |
1957 | The Steel Bayonet | Director |
1958 | The Camp on Blood Island | Executive Producer |
1958 | Clean Sweep | Executive Producer |
1958 | Dracula | Executive Producer |
1958 | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Executive Producer |
1958 | The Snorkel | Producer |
1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Executive Producer |
1959 | I Only Arsked! | Executive Producer |
1959 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Producer |
1959 | The Mummy | Producer |
1959 | Ten Seconds to Hell | Producer |
1959 | The Ugly Duckling | Producer |
1959 | Yesterday’s Enemy | Producer |
1960 | Tales of Frankenstein | Produced by |
1960 | The Brides of Dracula | Executive Producer |
1960 | Hell is a City | Producer |
1960 | Never Take Sweets from a Stranger | Executive Producer |
1960 | Passport to China | Producer |
1960 | The Stranglers of Bombay | Executive Producer |
1960 | Sword of Sherwood Forest | Executive Producer |
1960 | The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll | Producer |
1960 | Passport to China | Director |
1961 | A Weekend with Lulu | Executive Producer |
1961 | The Curse of the Werewolf | Executive Producer |
1961 | Taste of Fear | Executive Producer |
1961 | The Terror of the Tongs | Executive Producer |
1961 | Watch it Sailor | Executive Producer |
1963 | Cash on Demand | Executive Producer |
1963 | The Damned | Executive Producer |
1963 | Maniac | Director |
1964 | The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb | Producer |
1964 | The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb | Screenplay |
1964 | The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb | Director |
1965 | She | Producer |
1966 | One Million Years BC | Producer |
1966 | One Million Years BC | Screenplay |
1967 | A Challenge for Robin Hood | Executive Producer (uncredited) |
1967 | Slave Girls | Director |
1967 | Slave Girls | Producer |
1967 | Slave Girls | Screenplay |
1968 | The Lost Continent | Producer |
1968 | The Lost Continent | Screenplay |
1968 | The Lost Continent | Director |
1969 | Moon Zero Two | Producer |
1969 | Moon Zero Two | Screenplay |
1970 | Crescendo | Producer |
1971 | Creatures the World Forgot | Writer |
1971 | Creatures the World Forgot | Producer |
1972 | Vampire Circus | Executive Producer (uncredited) |
1972 | Dracula AD 1972 | Executive Producer (uncredited) |
1972 | Straight On Till Morning | Producer |
1973 | That’s Your Funeral | Man at First Funeral (uncredited) |
1973 | Nearest and Dearest | Producer |
1973 | That’s Your Funeral | Producer |
1977 | Shatter | Director |
1977 | Shatter | Producer |
1979 | The Lady Vanishes | Executive Producer |