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), believed to be the first Spaghetti-western ever produced, 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.
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