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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 was involved in 87 Hammer productions.
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 | 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 | Never Look Back | Producer |
1952 | The Last Page | Casting Director |
1952 | Whispering Smith Hits London | Casting |
1952 | Wings of Danger | Casting |
1953 | Blood Orange | Producer |
1953 | Four Sided Triangle | Producer |
1953 | Mantrap | Producer |
1953 | Spaceways | Producer |
1953 | The Gambler and the Lady | Casting |
1954 | Face the Music | Producer & Band Member (uncredited) |
1954 | Mask of Dust | Executive Producer |
1954 | The Men of Sherwood Forest | Producer |
1954 | The Stranger Came Home | Producer, Screenplay |
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 | Danger List | Executive Producer |
1957 | Quatermass 2 | Executive Producer |
1957 | The Abominable Snowman | Executive Producer |
1957 | The Curse of Frankenstein | Executive Producer |
1957 | The Steel Bayonet | Producer, Director |
1958 | Clean Sweep | Executive Producer |
1958 | Dracula | Executive Producer |
1958 | The Camp on Blood Island | Executive Producer |
1958 | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Executive Producer |
1958 | The Snorkel | Producer |
1959 | I Only Arsked! | Executive Producer |
1959 | Ten Seconds to Hell | Producer |
1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Executive Producer |
1959 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Producer |
1959 | The Mummy | Producer |
1959 | The Ugly Duckling | Producer |
1959 | Yesterday’s Enemy | Producer |
1960 | Hell is a City | Producer |
1960 | Never Take Sweets from a Stranger | Executive Producer |
1960 | Passport to China | Producer, Director |
1960 | Sword of Sherwood Forest | Executive Producer |
1960 | Tales of Frankenstein | Produced by |
1960 | The Brides of Dracula | Executive Producer |
1960 | The Stranglers of Bombay | Executive Producer |
1960 | The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll | Producer |
1961 | A Weekend with Lulu | Executive Producer |
1961 | Taste of Fear | Executive Producer |
1961 | The Curse of the Werewolf | Executive Producer |
1961 | The Terror of the Tongs | Executive Producer |
1961 | Watch it Sailor | Executive Producer |
1963 | Cash on Demand | Executive Producer |
1963 | Maniac | Director |
1963 | The Damned | Executive Producer |
1964 | The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb | Producer, Director, Screenplay |
1965 | She | Producer |
1966 | One Million Years BC | Producer, Screenplay |
1967 | A Challenge for Robin Hood | Executive Producer (uncredited) |
1967 | Slave Girls | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
1968 | The Lost Continent | Producer, Director, Screenplay |
1969 | Moon Zero Two | Producer, Screenplay |
1970 | Crescendo | Producer |
1971 | Creatures the World Forgot | Producer, Writer |
1972 | Dracula AD 1972 | Executive Producer (uncredited) |
1972 | Straight On Till Morning | Producer |
1972 | Vampire Circus | Executive Producer (uncredited) |
1973 | Nearest and Dearest | Producer |
1973 | That’s Your Funeral | Producer, Man at First Funeral (uncredited) |
1977 | Shatter | Director, Producer |
1979 | The Lady Vanishes | Executive Producer |