Michael Carreras
Production · Born Dec 21, 1927 · Died Apr 19, 1994 (66) · Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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
Dracula
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
19596.8
The Curse of Frankenstein
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The Mummy
19596.7
The Brides of Dracula
19606.7
One Million Years B.C.
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Dracula A.D. 1972
19726.0
The Curse of the Werewolf
19616.5
The Revenge of Frankenstein
19586.6
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
19745.9
Quatermass 2
19576.4
Taste of Fear
19617.1
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
19606.1
The Damned
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The Abominable Snowman
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The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
19645.5
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
19595.8
X: The Unknown
19566.1
The Lady Vanishes
19796.0
She
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