Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-05-05 (54 years old)

Deathday

1978-09-08

Place of Birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Biography

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (5 May 1924 – 8 September 1978), also known as Leo Towers and as Babsy, was an Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter. Born as Leopoldo Torres Nilsson (he later changed his paternal surname from Torres to Torre) was the son of Argentine pioneer film director Leopoldo Torres Ríos, with whom he collaborated between 1939 and 1949. He debuted in 1947 with the short El muro. His mother was an Argentinian citizen of Swedish descent. His uncle was cinematographer Carlos Torres Ríos (1898–1956). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting

2024

Mi padre y yo

as (Material de archivo)

2018

Regreso a Coronel Vallejos

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Production

1949

El nieto de Congreve

as Assistant Director

1942

Orca

as Assistant Director

1969

The Dependent

as Producer

1974

Painted Lips

as Director

1942

El comisario de Tranco Largo

as Assistant Director

1963

The Terrace

as Writer

1961

1952

Facundo, el tigre de los llanos

as Supervising Technical Director

1975

Kid Head

as Director

1972

The Mafia

as Director

1956

El protegido

as Director

1973

The Seven Madmen

as Director

1963

The Terrace

as Director

1968

Martín Fierro

as Director

1967

Monday's Child

as Director

1967

Monday's Child

as Screenplay

1957

1940

Sinvergüenza

as Assistant Director

1946

La tía de Carlos

as Assistant Director

1948

1948

Romance sin palabras

as Assistant Director

1949

El hombre de las sorpresas

as Assistant Director

1961

Summerskin

as Writer

1961

Summerskin

as Director

1961

Summerskin

as Producer

1950

1954

Days of Hate

as Director

1960

Fin de fiesta

as Director

1959

La caída

as Director

1975

1946

Tres millones... y el amor

as Assistant Director

1972

The Mafia

as Writer

1941

El mozo número 13

as Assistant Director

1958

The Kidnapper

as Director

1962

1947

El hombre del sábado

as Second Assistant Art Director

1949

Pantalones Cortos

as Director of Operations

1947

1966

The Eavesdropper

as Director

1975

Kid Head

as Writer

1957

1965

1965

1960

Fin de fiesta

as Producer

1974

Painted Lips

as Producer

1974

Painted Lips

as Writer

1954

La Tigra

as Director

1960

Un guapo del 900

as Director

1966

1966

The Eavesdropper

as Producer

1968

Martín Fierro

as Producer

1950

1976

1948

Pelota de trapo

as Assistant Director

1948

1953

1961

2011

1958

The Kidnapper

as Writer

1968

1960

1953

1960

Fin de fiesta

as Writer

1956

El protegido

as Writer

1959

La caída

as Writer

1956

Graciela

as Director

1976

Piedra libre

as Director

1976

Piedra libre

as Writer

1954

Days of Hate

as Screenplay

1973

The Seven Madmen

as Screenplay

1940

La luz de un fósforo

as Assistant Director

1955

1982

1949

1949

El hijo de la calle

as Assistant Director

1975

Jewish Gauchos

as Producer

1946

Un modelo de París

as Assistant Director

1975

Diary of a Pig War

as Screenplay

1947

El muro

as Director

1947

El muro

as Writer

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