Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

from Buenos Aires, Argentina

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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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Timeline

2024Aged 100

  • Poster for Mi padre y yo

    (Material de archivo)

2018Aged 94

  • Poster for Regreso a Coronel Vallejos

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2011Aged 87

  • Poster for El derrotado

    Book

1982Aged 58

  • Poster for Fiebre amarilla

    Writer

1976Aged 52

  • Poster for Farewell, Sui Géneris

    Producer

  • Poster for Piedra libre

    Writer

1975Aged 51

  • Poster for Kid Head

    Writer

  • Poster for Jewish Gauchos

    Producer

  • Poster for Diary of a Pig War

    Screenplay

1974Aged 50

  • Poster for La muerte de Sebastián Arache y su pobre entierro

    Associate Producer

  • Poster for Painted Lips

    Producer

1973Aged 49

  • Poster for The Seven Madmen

    Screenplay

1972Aged 48

  • Poster for The Mafia

    Writer

1971Aged 47

  • Poster for Güemes, la tierra en armas

    Screenplay

1970Aged 46

  • Poster for The Knight of the Sword

    Producer

1969Aged 45

  • Poster for The Dependent

    Producer

1968Aged 44

  • Poster for Martín Fierro

    Writer

1967Aged 43

  • Poster for Monday's Child

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Los traidores de San Ángel

    Writer

1966Aged 42

  • Poster for The Eavesdropper

    Producer

1965Aged 41

  • Poster for Once Upon a Tractor

    Writer

1963Aged 39

  • Poster for The Terrace

    Writer

1962Aged 38

  • Poster for Homage at Siesta Time

    Writer

  • Poster for The Female: Seventy Times Seven

    Writer

1961Aged 37

  • Poster for The Hand in the Trap

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Summerskin

    Producer

1960Aged 36

  • Poster for The Party Is Over

    Producer

  • Poster for Un guapo del 900

    Writer

1959Aged 35

  • Poster for La caída

    Writer

1958Aged 34

  • Poster for The Kidnapper

    Writer

1957Aged 33

  • Poster for The trees of Buenos Aires

    Director

  • Poster for The House of the Angel

    Screenplay

1956Aged 32

  • Poster for Graciela

    Director

  • Poster for El protegido

    Writer

1955Aged 31

  • Poster for Para vestir santos

    Director

1954Aged 30

  • Poster for La Tigra

    Director

  • Poster for Days of Hate

    Screenplay

1953Aged 29

  • Poster for El hijo del crack

    Writer

1952Aged 28

  • Poster for Facundo, el tigre de los llanos

    Supervising Technical Director

1950Aged 26

  • Poster for The Crime of Oribe

    Writer

1949Aged 25

  • Poster for El hijo de la calle

    Writer

  • Poster for El hombre de las sorpresas

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Pantalones Cortos

    Director of Operations

  • Poster for El nieto de Congreve

    Writer

1948Aged 24

  • Poster for Pelota de trapo

    Assistant Director

  • Poster for Romance sin palabras

    Screenplay

1947Aged 23

  • El muro

    Writer

  • Poster for Santos Vega vuelve

    Writer

  • Poster for El hombre del sábado

    Second Assistant Art Director

1946Aged 22

1942Aged 18

  • Poster for Orca

    Assistant Director

  • Poster for El comisario de Tranco Largo

    Assistant Director

1941Aged 17

  • Poster for El mozo número 13

    Assistant Director

1940Aged 16

  • Poster for La luz de un fósforo

    Assistant Director

  • Poster for Sinvergüenza

    Assistant Director

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