Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-05-05
Day of Death
1978-09-08 (54 years old)
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).
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Acting
(2024)
Mi padre y yo
as (Material de archivo)
(2018)
Regreso a Coronel Vallejos
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(1971)
(1954)
Crew
(2011)
El derrotado
Book
(1982)
Fiebre amarilla
Writer
(1976)
Farewell, Sui Géneris
Producer
(1976)
Piedra libre
Writer, Director
(1975)
Kid Head
Director, Writer
(1975)
Diary of a Pig War
Director, Screenplay
(1975)
Jewish Gauchos
Producer
(1974)
Painted Lips
Director, Producer, Writer
(1974)
La muerte de Sebastián Arache y su pobre entierro
Associate Producer
(1973)
The Seven Madmen
Director, Screenplay
(1972)
The Mafia
Director, Writer
(1971)
Güemes, la tierra en armas
Director, Screenplay
(1970)
The Knight of the Sword
Director, Producer, Writer
(1969)
The Dependent
Producer
(1968)
Martín Fierro
Director, Producer, Writer
(1967)
Monday's Child
Director, Screenplay
(1967)
Los traidores de San Ángel
Director, Writer
(1966)
The Eavesdropper
Director, Writer, Producer
(1965)
Once Upon a Tractor
Writer, Director
(1963)
The Terrace
Writer, Director
(1962)
The Female: Seventy Times Seven
Director, Writer
(1962)
Homage at Siesta Time
Director, Writer
(1961)
The Hand in the Trap
Director, Screenplay
(1961)
Summerskin
Writer, Director, Producer
(1960)
Fin de fiesta
Director, Producer, Writer
(1960)
Un guapo del 900
Director, Writer
(1959)
La caída
Director, Writer
(1958)
The Kidnapper
Director, Writer
(1957)
The House of the Angel
Director, Screenplay
(1957)
The trees of Buenos Aires
Director
(1956)
El protegido
Director, Writer
(1956)
Graciela
Director
(1955)
Para vestir santos
Director
(1954)
Days of Hate
Director, Screenplay
(1954)
La Tigra
Director
(1953)
El hijo del crack
Director, Writer
(1952)
Facundo, el tigre de los llanos
Supervising Technical Director, Screenplay
(1950)
The Crime of Oribe
Director, Writer
(1949)
El nieto de Congreve
Assistant Director, Writer
(1949)
El hombre de las sorpresas
Screenplay, Assistant Director
(1949)
Pantalones Cortos
Director of Operations
(1949)
El hijo de la calle
Writer, Assistant Director
(1948)
Romance sin palabras
Assistant Director, Screenplay
(1948)
Pelota de trapo
Writer, Assistant Director
(1947)
El hombre del sábado
Second Assistant Art Director
(1947)
Santos Vega vuelve
Writer
(1946)
La tía de Carlos
Assistant Director
(1946)
Tres millones... y el amor
Assistant Director
(1946)
Un modelo de París
Assistant Director
(1942)
Orca
Assistant Director
(1942)
El comisario de Tranco Largo
Assistant Director
(1941)
El mozo número 13
Assistant Director
(1940)
Sinvergüenza
Assistant Director
(1940)
La luz de un fósforo
Assistant Director