Michael Carreras

Michael Carreras (b. December 21, 1927 in London, England, d. April 19, 1994 in London) was a British film producer and director. He was most famous 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 many of the studio's most famous films, including The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958) and The Curse of the Werewolf (1960). He later turned his hand to directing, with The Savage Guns / Tierra brutal (1961), belived to be the first Spaghetti-western ever produced, Maniac (1963), The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), Slave Girls (1967) 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.

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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)