Michael Carreras

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Gender Male

Birthday 1927-12-21

Deathday 1994-04-19 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Also Known As Henry Younger, Michael Nash

Michael Carreras

Biography

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.

Known For

Producer

1979
The Lady Vanishes

as Executive Producer

1974
Shatter

as Producer

1972
Dracula A.D. 1972

as Executive Producer

1972
Demons of the Mind

as Producer

1972
1972
1972
1970
Crescendo

as Producer

1969
Moon Zero Two

as Producer

1968
The Lost Continent

as Producer

1967
Slave Girls

as Producer

1967
A Challenge for Robin Hood

as Executive Producer

1966
1965
She

as Producer

1963
What a Crazy World

as Producer

1962
The Damned

as Executive Producer

1962
The Pirates of Blood River

as Executive Producer

1961
The Curse of the Werewolf

as Executive Producer

1961
The Terror of the Tongs

as Executive Producer

1961
Cash on Demand

as Executive Producer

1961
Taste of Fear

as Executive Producer

1960
The Brides of Dracula

as Executive Producer

1960
Hell Is a City

as Producer

1960
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

as Executive Producer

1960
Sword of Sherwood Forest

as Executive Producer

1960
Visa to Canton

as Producer

1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Executive Producer

1959
The Ugly Duckling

as Producer

1959
The Mummy

as Producer

1959
Yesterday's Enemy

as Producer

1959
The Stranglers of Bombay

as Executive Producer

1959
1958
The Revenge of Frankenstein

as Executive Producer

1958
1958
Dracula

as Executive Producer

1958
The Snorkel

as Producer

1958
The Camp on Blood Island

as Executive Producer

1958
The Steel Bayonet

as Producer

1958
A Clean Sweep

as Executive Producer

1957
Quatermass 2

as Executive Producer

1957
The Abominable Snowman

as Executive Producer

1957
The Curse of Frankenstein

as Executive Producer

1956
X the Unknown

as Executive Producer

1955
1955
The Right Person

as Producer

1954
Face the Music

as Producer

1954
1954
Blackout

as Producer

1954
Third Party Risk

as Executive Producer

1953
1953
Blood Orange

as Producer

1953
Spaceways

as Producer

1952
The Last Page

as Casting Director

1952
Lady in the Fog

as Casting

1952
Death of an Angel

as Casting Director

1952
Never Look Back

as Producer

1951
A Case For P.C. 49

as Casting Director

1951
The Dark Light

as Producer

Director

1974
Shatter

as Director

1968
The Lost Continent

as Director

1967
Slave Girls

as Director

1963
Maniac

as Director

1963
What a Crazy World

as Director

1961
The Savage Guns

as Director

1960
Visa to Canton

as Director

1958
The Steel Bayonet

as Director

Writer

1969
Moon Zero Two

as Screenplay

1968
The Lost Continent

as Screenplay

1967
Slave Girls

as Screenplay

1966
1954

Actor