Michael Carreras

Produttore, Sceneggiatore, Regista, Attore

21 dicembre 1927 — 19 aprile 1994 (66 anni)
Michael Henry Carreras (21 December 1927 – 19 April 1994) was a British film producer and director. He was known for his association with Hammer Films, being the son of founder James Carreras, 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. Carreras died from cancer in London on 19 April 1994.

Film e Serie su Plex

  • La maschera di Frankenstein
    La maschera di Frankenstein1957
  • 1972: Dracula colpisce ancora!
    1972: Dracula colpisce ancora!1972
  • La regina dei vampiri
    La regina dei vampiri1972
  • I vampiri dello spazio
    I vampiri dello spazio1957
  • Exorcismus - Cleo, la dea dell'amore
    Exorcismus - Cleo, la dea dell'amore1971
  • Il mistero della mummia
    Il mistero della mummia1964
  • Rose rosse per il demonio
    Rose rosse per il demonio1972
  • Quattro farfalle per un assassino
    Quattro farfalle per un assassino1972
  • Delitto per procura
    Delitto per procura1954

Famoso per

  • Dracula il vampiro
    Dracula il vampiro1958
  • La furia dei Baskerville
    La furia dei Baskerville1959
  • La mummia
    La mummia1959
  • Un milione di anni fa
    Un milione di anni fa1966
  • 1972: Dracula colpisce ancora!
    1972: Dracula colpisce ancora!1972
  • L'implacabile condanna
    L'implacabile condanna1961
  • La regina dei vampiri
    La regina dei vampiri1972
  • I vampiri dello spazio
    I vampiri dello spazio1957
  • Le spose di Dracula
    Le spose di Dracula1960
  • Il mistero della mummia
    Il mistero della mummia1964
  • La dea della città perduta
    La dea della città perduta1965
  • Il mostro di Londra
    Il mostro di Londra1960
  • Cash on Demand
    Cash on Demand1961
  • La maschera di Frankenstein
    La maschera di Frankenstein1957
  • La casa del terrore
    La casa del terrore1961
  • L'uomo che ingannò la morte
    L'uomo che ingannò la morte1959
  • La nebbia degli orrori
    La nebbia degli orrori1968
  • La vendetta di Frankenstein
    La vendetta di Frankenstein1958
  • Corruzione a Jamestown
    Corruzione a Jamestown1960
  • Hallucination
    Hallucination1962

Filmografia

2012
1979
The Lady Vanishes · as Executive Producer
1974
1972
1972
1972
1972
Dracula A.D. 1972 · as Executive ProducerSu Plex
1972
Vampire Circus · as Executive ProducerSu Plex
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
A Challenge for Robin Hood · as Executive Producer
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1963
1962
The Damned · as Executive Producer
1962
The Pirates of Blood River · as Executive Producer
1961
Cash on Demand · as Executive Producer
1961
Watch It, Sailor! · as Executive Producer
1961
Scream of Fear · as Executive Producer
1961
The Curse of the Werewolf · as Executive Producer
1961
A Weekend with Lulu · as Executive Producer
1961
The Terror of the Tongs · as Executive Producer
1960
1960
Sword of Sherwood Forest · as Executive Producer
1960
1960
1960
Never Take Candy from a Stranger · as Executive Producer
1960
The Brides of Dracula · as Executive Producer
1959
The Stranglers of Bombay · as Executive Producer
1959
1959
1959
1959
1959
1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles · as Executive Producer
1958
The Revenge of Frankenstein · as Executive Producer
1958
1958
Horror of Dracula · as Executive Producer
1958
The Camp on Blood Island · as Executive Producer
1958
A Clean Sweep · as Executive Producer
1957
The Abominable Snowman · as Executive Producer
1957
1957
The Curse of Frankenstein · as Executive ProducerSu Plex
1957
Quatermass 2 · as Executive ProducerSu Plex
1956
X the Unknown · as Executive Producer
1956
1956
1955
1955
1955
1955
1954
Race for Life · as Executive Producer
1954
1954
The Deadly Game · as Executive Producer
1954
1954
Family Affair · as Executive Producer
1954
BlackoutSu Plex
1954
1953
1953
1953
1953
1952
1951

1971
1969
Moon Zero Two · as Screenplay
1968
The Lost Continent · as Screenplay
1967
Prehistoric Women · as Screenplay
1966
One Million Years B.C. · as Screenplay
1964
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb · as ScreenplaySu Plex
1963
What a Crazy World · as Screenplay
1954
The Unholy Four · as Screenplay

2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters · as Self - Hammer's Executive Producer 1954-79
2012
Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic · as Self - Original Executive Producer
1996
100 Years of Horror · as Self - Producer, Hammer Films
1996
1994
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood! · as Self (archive Footage)
1956
Picture Parade · as Self

2023
Bathtub Shark Attack · as Partygoer
1972
That's Your Funeral · as Man At First Funeral
1954
The Black Glove · as Band Member

1952
1952
1952
1952
Man Bait · as Casting Director
1952
Death of an Angel · as Casting Director
1951
A Case for PC 49 · as Casting Director