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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 Enrique Carreras, 30 January 1909, London, England
- 9 June 1990 (aged 81), Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
- 1934–1980
- Hammer Film Productions
Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, and Luciano Pavarotti. The Three Tenors were an operatic singing trio, active between 1990 and 2003, and termed a supergroup (a title normally reserved for rock and pop groups) consisting of Italian Luciano Pavarotti and Spaniards Plácido Domingo and José Carreras.
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Jun 13, 1990 · Sir James Carreras, founding chairman of Hammer Films, a producer of horror pictures that frightened a generation of filmgoers and launched the careers of several top stars, has died. A family...
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.
James Carreras. 1939–45—Colonel in Army; 1948–72—Chairman of Hammer Film Productions; 1968—Hammer awarded the Queen's Award to Industry; 1972—sold shares in Hammer to his son. Awards: MBE, 1944; knighted ("for services to youth"), 1970. Died: In Henley on Thames, 9 June 1990. Films as Executive Producer: 1947. River Patrol (Hart) 1948.
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.
The Three Tenors: Paris 1998 (re-released with the subtitle The Concert of the Century) is a live album by José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti with conductor James Levine. The album was recorded at a Three Tenors concert on 10 July 1998 during celebrations for the FIFA World Cup.
