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Michael Carreras (21 December 1927, London – 19 April 1994, London) was a British film producer and director. He was best known for his association with Hammer Studios, 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). He later turned his hand 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.
External links
- Michael Carreras at the Internet Movie Database
- Michael Carreras biography and filmography at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
Hammer film directors Roy Ward Baker • Michael Carreras • Terence Fisher • Freddie Francis • John Gilling • Seth Holt • Peter Sasdy • Don SharpHammer Films crew and personnel Jack Asher (cinematographer) • Roy Ashton (make-up artist) • Don Banks (composer) • James Bernard (composer) • Michael Carreras (producer) • Arthur Grant (cinematographer) • Anthony Hinds (producer, writer) • William Hinds (founder, producer) • Phil Leakey (makeup artist) • Eddie Powell (stuntman) • Michael Reed (cinematographer) • Bernard Robinson (designer) • Jimmy Sangster (writer, director)Categories:- 1927 births
- 1994 deaths
- British film directors
- British film producers
- Hammer Film Productions
- British film biography stubs
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