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. He received 92 credits for Hammer.
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.
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Michael Carreras’ Hammer Filmography
Year Released | Production | Role |
1951 | The Dark Light | Producer |
1951 | A Case for PC 49 | Casting |
1951 | Cloudburst | Casting |
1952 | Whispering Smith Hits London | Casting |
1952 | Death of an Angel | Casting |
1952 | The Last Page | Casting Director |
1952 | Never Look Back | Producer |
1952 | Wings of Danger | Casting |
1952 | Lady in the Fog | Casting |
1953 | The Gambler and the Lady | Casting |
1953 | Mantrap | Producer |
1953 | Four Sided Triangle | Producer |
1953 | Blood Orange | Producer |
1953 | Spaceways | Producer |
1954 | Life with the Lyons | Executive Producer (uncredited) |
1954 | Face the Music | Producer |
1954 | The Stranger Came Home | Producer |
1954 | The Stranger Came Home | Screenplay |
1954 | The Men of Sherwood Forest | Producer |
1954 | Mask of Dust | Executive Producer |
1955 | Third Party Risk | Executive Producer |
1955 | Break in the Circle | Producer |
1955 | Murder by Proxy | Producer |
1956 | The Right Person | Producer |
1956 | X - The Unknown | Executive Producer |
1956 | Dick Turpin, Highwayman | Producer |
1957 | The Curse of Frankenstein | Executive Producer |
1957 | The Steel Bayonet | Director |
1957 | The Steel Bayonet | Producer |
1957 | Quatermass 2 | Executive Producer |
1957 | The Abominable Snowman | Executive Producer |
1957 | Danger List | Executive Producer |
1958 | The Camp on Blood Island | Executive Producer |
1958 | Clean Sweep | Executive Producer |
1958 | Dracula | Executive Producer |
1958 | The Snorkel | Producer |
1958 | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Executive Producer |
1959 | I Only Arsked! | Executive Producer |
1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Executive Producer |
1959 | Ten Seconds to Hell | Producer |
1959 | The Ugly Duckling | Producer |
1959 | The Mummy | Producer |
1959 | Yesterdays Enemy | Producer |
1959 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Producer |
1960 | The Stranglers of Bombay | Executive Producer |
1960 | Never Take Sweets from a Stranger | Executive Producer |
1960 | Hell is a City | Producer |
1960 | The Brides of Dracula | Executive Producer |
1960 | The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll | Producer |
1960 | Passport to China | Director |
1960 | Passport to China | Producer |
1960 | Sword of Sherwood Forest | Executive Producer |
1961 | Taste of Fear | Executive Producer |
1961 | A Weekend with Lulu | Executive Producer |
1961 | The Curse of the Werewolf | Executive Producer |
1961 | The Terror of the Tongs | Executive Producer |
1961 | Watch it Sailor | Executive Producer |
1962 | The Pirates of Blood River | Executive Producer (uncredited) |
1963 | Maniac | Director |
1963 | The Damned | Executive Producer |
1963 | Cash on Demand | Executive Producer |
1964 | The Curse of the Mummys Tomb | Director |
1964 | The Curse of the Mummys Tomb | Producer |
1964 | The Curse of the Mummys Tomb | Screenplay as Henry Younger |
1965 | She | Producer |
1966 | One Million Years B.C. | Producer |
1966 | One Million Years B.C. | Screenplay |
1967 | A Challenge for Robin Hood | Executive Producer (uncredited) |
1967 | Slave Girls | Director |
1967 | Slave Girls | Producer |
1967 | Slave Girls | Screenplay as Henry Younger |
1968 | The Lost Continent | Director |
1968 | The Lost Continent | Producer |
1968 | The Lost Continent | Screenplay as Michael Nash |
1969 | Moon Zero Two | Producer |
1969 | Moon Zero Two | Screenplay |
1970 | Crescendo | Producer |
1971 | Blood from the Mummys Tomb | Director (uncredited) |
1971 | Creatures the World Forgot | Producer |
1971 | Creatures the World Forgot | Writer |
1972 | Vampire Circus | Executive Producer (uncredited) |
1972 | Dracula AD 1972 | Executive Producer (uncredited) |
1972 | Straight On Till Morning | Producer |
1972 | Demons of the Mind | Producer |
1973 | Nearest and Dearest | Producer |
1973 | Thats Your Funeral | Producer |
1977 | Shatter | Director |
1977 | Shatter | Producer |
1979 | The Lady Vanishes | Executive Producer |
1993 | Tales of Frankenstein | Produced by |