Production
Michael Carreras
EN cinema · 73 credits
Born
21 December 1927
Died
19 April 1994 (aged 66)
Birthplace
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Also known as Henry Younger · Michael Nash
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
Filmography
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Self (archive footage)
The Lady Vanishes
Executive Producer
Shatter
Director, Producer
Dracula A.D. 1972
Executive Producer
Demons of the Mind
Producer
Nearest and Dearest
Producer
That's Your Funeral
Producer
Creatures the World Forgot
Writer, Producer
Crescendo
Producer
Moon Zero Two
Producer, Screenplay
The Lost Continent
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Slave Girls
Screenplay, Director, Producer
A Challenge for Robin Hood
Executive Producer
One Million Years B.C.
Screenplay, Producer
She
Producer
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Maniac
Director
What a Crazy World
Director, Producer
The Damned
Executive Producer
The Pirates of Blood River
Executive Producer
The Curse of the Werewolf
Executive Producer
The Terror of the Tongs
Executive Producer
Cash on Demand
Executive Producer
Taste of Fear
Executive Producer
The Savage Guns
Director
A Weekend with Lulu
Executive Producer
The Brides of Dracula
Executive Producer
Hell Is a City
Producer
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Executive Producer
Visa to Canton
Director, Producer
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Executive Producer
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Executive Producer
The Ugly Duckling
Producer
The Mummy
Producer
Yesterday's Enemy
Producer
The Stranglers of Bombay
Executive Producer
Ten Seconds to Hell
Producer
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Executive Producer
Dracula
Executive Producer
The Snorkel
Producer
The Steel Bayonet
Director, Producer
The Camp on Blood Island
Executive Producer
A Clean Sweep
1958
A Clean Sweep
Executive Producer
Quatermass 2
Executive Producer
The Abominable Snowman
Executive Producer
The Curse of Frankenstein
Executive Producer
X: The Unknown
Executive Producer
Break in the Circle
Producer
The Right Person
Producer
Eric Winstone's Stagecoach
Director, Producer
The Unholy Four
Screenplay, Producer
Face the Music
Producer
Blackout
Producer
Third Party Risk
Executive Producer
Four Sided Triangle
Producer
Blood Orange
Producer
Spaceways
Producer
Man Bait
Casting Director
Lady in the Fog
Casting
Death of an Angel
Casting Director
Never Look Back
Producer
A Case For P.C. 49
Casting Director