Background
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.
director screenwriter film producer
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) among over sixty other films. He also wrote a smaller number of screenplays. 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.