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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-05-05 (100 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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Known For

Acting

2024

Mi padre y yo as (Material de archivo)

2018

Regreso a Coronel Vallejos as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

1971

1954

Directing

1976

Piedra libre as Director

1975

Kid Head as Director
Diary of a Pig War as Director

1974

Painted Lips as Director

1973

The Seven Madmen as Director

1972

The Mafia as Director

1970

1968

Martín Fierro as Director

1967

Monday's Child as Director

1966

The Eavesdropper as Director

1965

1963

The Terrace as Director

1961

Summerskin as Director

1960

Fin de fiesta as Director
Un guapo del 900 as Director

1959

La caída as Director

1958

The Kidnapper as Director

1956

El protegido as Director
Graciela as Director

1955

Para vestir santos as Director

1954

Days of Hate as Director
La Tigra as Director

1953

El hijo del crack as Director

1950

The Crime of Oribe as Director

1949

El nieto de Congreve as Assistant Director
El hombre de las sorpresas as Assistant Director
El hijo de la calle as Assistant Director

1948

Romance sin palabras as Assistant Director
Pelota de trapo as Assistant Director

1946

La tía de Carlos as Assistant Director
Tres millones... y el amor as Assistant Director
Un modelo de París as Assistant Director

1942

Orca as Assistant Director
El comisario de Tranco Largo as Assistant Director

1941

El mozo número 13 as Assistant Director

1940

Sinvergüenza as Assistant Director
La luz de un fósforo as Assistant Director

Writing

2011

El derrotado as Book

1982

Fiebre amarilla as Writer

1976

Piedra libre as Writer

1975

Kid Head as Writer

1974

Painted Lips as Writer

1973

The Seven Madmen as Screenplay

1972

The Mafia as Writer

1971

1968

Martín Fierro as Writer

1967

Monday's Child as Screenplay

1966

1965

1963

The Terrace as Writer

1961

Summerskin as Writer
The Hand in the Trap as Screenplay

1960

Fin de fiesta as Writer

1959

La caída as Writer

1958

The Kidnapper as Writer

1957

1956

El protegido as Writer

1954

Days of Hate as Screenplay

1953

1950

1948

Romance sin palabras as Screenplay
Pelota de trapo as Writer

1947

Production

1976

1975

Jewish Gauchos as Producer

1970

1969

The Dependent as Producer

1968

Martín Fierro as Producer

1966

The Eavesdropper as Producer

1961

Summerskin as Producer

1960

Fin de fiesta as Producer

1949

Pantalones Cortos as Director of Operations

Crew

1952

Facundo, el tigre de los llanos as Supervising Technical Director

Art

1947

El hombre del sábado as Second Assistant Art Director