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{{Infobox person
| name         = Michael Carreras
| image        = Michael Carreras.jpg
| caption      = Carreras in 1974
| birth_name   = Michael Henry Carreras
| birth_date   = 21 December 1927
| birth_place  = [[London]], [[England]], UK
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1994|4|19|1927|12|21|df=yes}}
| death_place  = London, UK
| organization = [[Hammer Film Productions]]<br>Capricorn Productions<ref name="Independent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-michael-carreras-corrected-1371564.html|title=Obituary: Michael Carreras (CORRECTED)|website=[[independent.co.uk]]|date=22 April 1994|access-date=27 July 2024|first1=Tise|last1=Vahimagi}}</ref>
| occupation   = {{hlist|Film producer|film director|screenwriter}}
| parents      = [[James Carreras]] (father)
| spouse       = Married
| children     = 3<ref name="Independent"/>
}}

'''Michael Henry Carreras''' (21 December 1927 &ndash; 19 April 1994) was a British film producer and director.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E05E0D8163AE134BC4851DFB0668383679EDE|title=Movie Review - - Screen: 'The Lost Continent' Surfaces:Hildegard Knef Is Star in Crisis-Filled Film Sea Adventure Opens at Local Theaters - NYTimes.com|work=The New York Times |date=17 February 2023 }}</ref> He was known for his association with [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer Films]], being the son of founder [[James Carreras]],<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |last1=McFarlane |first1=Brian |title=Carreras, Michael (1927-1994) |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/873430/index.html |website=BFI Screenonline |access-date=21 September 2025}}</ref> 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 film)|Dracula]]'' (1958) and ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' (1960) and ''[[She (1965 film)|She]]'' (1965) among over sixty other films. He also wrote a smaller number of screenplays. He later turned to directing, with ''[[Savage Guns (1961 film)|The Savage Guns / Tierra brutal]]'' (1961), ''[[Maniac (1963 film)|Maniac]]'' (1963), ''[[The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb]]'' (1964), ''[[Prehistoric Women (1967 film)|Slave Girls]]'' (1967), ''[[The Lost Continent (1968 film)|The Lost Continent]]'' (1968) and ''[[Shatter (film)|Shatter]]'' (1975) among others. In 1971, he took over directing ''[[Blood from the Mummy's Tomb]]'' after director [[Seth Holt]] died partway through filming.<ref name="film">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/the-curse-of-blood-from-the-mummys-tomb/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|date=26 December 2024|access-date=26 December 2024|title=The Curse of Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb}}</ref>

Carreras died from cancer in London on 19 April 1994.<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=104622|title=Carreras, Sir James Enrique (1909–1990)}}</ref>

==Filmography==
'''Producer'''

* ''[[The Dark Light (film)|The Dark Light]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Never Look Back (1952 film)|Never Look Back]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Mantrap (1953 film)|Mantrap]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Spaceways]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Face the Music (film)|Face the Music]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Blood Orange (1953 film)|Blood Orange]]'' (1953)
* ''[[A Stranger Came Home]]'' (1954)
* ''[[The Men of Sherwood Forest]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Mask of Dust]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Break in the Circle]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Murder by Proxy]]'' (1954)
* ''Cyril Stapleton and the Show Band'' (documentary, 1955)
* ''[[The Right Person]]'' (1955)
* ''Just for You'' (documentary, 1955)
* ''Parade of the Bands'' (documentary, 1955)
* ''Copenhagen'' (documentary, 1956)
* ''Dick Turpin – Highwayman'' (1956)
* ''[[Quatermass 2]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein]]'' (1957)
* ''[[The Steel Bayonet]]'' (1957)
* ''[[The Abominable Snowman (film)|The Abominable Snowman]]'' (1957)
* ''[[The Camp on Blood Island]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Dracula (1958 film)|Dracula]]'' (1957)
* ''[[The Snorkel]]'' (1958)
* ''[[The Revenge of Frankenstein]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Ten Seconds to Hell]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Yesterday's Enemy]]'' (1959)
* ''[[The Man Who Could Cheat Death]]'' (1959)
* ''[[The Mummy (1959 film)|The Mummy]]'' (1959)
* ''[[The Stranglers of Bombay]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Hell is a City]]'' (1959)
* ''[[The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll]]'' (1960)
* ''[[The Brides of Dracula]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Sword of Sherwood Forest]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Taste of Fear]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Visa to Canton]]'' (1960)
* ''[[The Terror of the Tongs]]'' (1960)
* ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' (1961)
* ''[[The Pirates of Blood River]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Tierra brutal]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Cash on Demand]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Maniac (1963 film)|Maniac]]'' (1962)
* ''[[The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Fanatic (film)|Fanatic]]'' (1964)
* ''[[She (1965 film)|She]]'' (1965)
* ''[[One Million Years B.C.]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Slave Girls]]'' (1966, also director)
* ''[[The Mummy's Shroud]]'' (1967)
* ''[[The Lost Continent (1968 film)|The Lost Continent]]'' (1967)
* ''[[A Challenge for Robin Hood]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Moon Zero Two]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Crescendo (1970 film)|Crescendo]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Creatures the World Forgot]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Shatter (film)|Shatter]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Blood from the Mummy's Tomb]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Straight On till Morning (film)|Straight On Till Morning]]'' (1971)
* ''[[That's Your Funeral]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Demons of the Mind]]'' (1972)
* ''[[The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires]]'' (1973)
* ''[[The Ghoul (1975 film)|The Ghoul]]'' (1975)
* ''[[The Lady Vanishes (1979 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1979)

'''Director'''

* ''Cyril Stapleton and the Show Band'' (documentary, 1955)
* ''Just for You'' (documentary, 1955)
* ''Parade of the Bands'' (documentary, 1955)<ref name="BFI" />
* ''Copenhagen'' (documentary, 1956)<ref name="BFI" />
* ''[[The Steel Bayonet]]'' (1957)<ref name="BFI" />
* ''[[Visa to Canton]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Tierra brutal]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Maniac (1963 film)|Maniac]]'' (1962)
* ''[[The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb]]'' (1963)
* ''[[The Lost Continent (1968 film)|The Lost Continent]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Blood from the Mummy's Tomb]]'' (1971; co-director, replaced Seth Holt)
* ''[[Shatter (film)|Shatter]]'' (1975)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0140257}}
* {{Screenonline name|873430|name=Michael Carreras biography and filmography}}

{{Michael Carreras}}


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