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

Directed

1. The Female: Seventy Times Seven (1962) — Director
2. Days of Hate (1954) — Director
3. The House of the Angel (1957) — Director
4. Painted Lips (1974) — Director
5. The Terrace (1963) — Director
6. The Hand in the Trap (1961) — Director
7. Diary of a Pig War (1975) — Director
8. Martín Fierro (1968) — Director
9. The Kidnapper (1958) — Director
10. The Mafia (1972) — Director
11. The Seven Madmen (1973) — Director
12. The Knight of the Sword (1970) — Director
13. Kid Head (1975) — Director
14. La caída (1959) — Director
15. The Crime of Oribe (1950) — Director
16. Monday's Child (1967) — Director
17. The Party Is Over (1960) — Director
18. Los traidores de San Ángel (1967) — Director
19. Summerskin (1961) — Director
20. La Tigra (1954) — Director
21. Piedra libre (1976) — Director
22. El protegido (1956) — Director
23. Güemes, la tierra en armas (1971) — Director
24. Homage at Siesta Time (1962) — Director
25. The Eavesdropper (1966) — Director
26. El hijo del crack (1953) — Director
27. Graciela (1956) — Director
28. Once Upon a Tractor (1965) — Director
29. Para vestir santos (1955) — Director
30. Un guapo del 900 (1960) — Director
31. The trees of Buenos Aires (1957) — Director
32. El muro (1947) — Director

Also appeared in

1. La Tigra (1954)
2. Güemes, la tierra en armas (1971)
3. Regreso a Coronel Vallejos (2018) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
4. Mi padre y yo (2024) — (Material de archivo)