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Sir James Enrique Carreras KCVO MBE (30 January 1909 [1] – 9 June 1990) was a British film producer and executive who, together with William Hinds, founded the British company Hammer Film Productions. His career spanned nearly 45 years, in multiple facets of the entertainment industry until retiring in 1972.
James Carreras was born on 30 January 1909 in Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK. He was a producer and production manager, known for Who Killed Van Loon? (1948). He was married to Vera St. John Smart. He died on 9 June 1990 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- Producer, Production Manager
- January 30, 1909
- James Carreras
- June 9, 1990
13. Juni 1990 · Sir James Carreras, who as head of Hammer Films produced horror movies that chilled a generation of filmgoers, died of a stroke on Saturday at his home at Henley-on-Thames, west of London,...
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Hammer co-founder, producer and production manager Sir James Carreras MBE was born on the 30th of January, 1910. Having worked as manager of Manchester’s Oxford Cinema after leaving school at 16, he took a step further into the movie industry when he joined Exclusive Films, which had been formed by his father Enrique alongside Will Hammer.
22. Okt. 2021 · Hammer got the ball rolling on its first TV series in the spring of 1967 when Hammer co-founder James Carreras teamed up with counterparts at 20th Century Fox television to develop an hour-long horror series provisionally titled Fright Hour.
A very astute man, with an instinct for popular entertainment, Carreras was described as 'managing director of the most successful privately-owned British film company'. He was the Chairman of Hammer Film Productions from 1949 to 1980, was made MBE in 1944 and knighted in 1970.
