Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 5, 1924, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Died
- September 8, 1978
- Movies
- 47
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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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2024 | Mi padre y yo | (Material de archivo) |
| 2018 | Regreso a Coronel Vallejos | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) |
| 1971 | Güemes, la tierra en armas | |
| 1954 | La Tigra |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1982 | Fiebre amarilla | Writer |
| 1976 | Piedra libre | Writer, Director |
| 1976 | Farewell, Sui Géneris | Producer |
| 1975 | Diary of a Pig War | Director, Screenplay |
| 1975 | Jewish Gauchos | Producer |
| 1975 | Kid Head | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Painted Lips | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 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 | Los traidores de San Ángel | Director, Writer |
| 1967 | Monday's Child | Director, Screenplay |
| 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 | Summerskin | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1961 | The Hand in the Trap | Director, Screenplay |
| 1960 | Un guapo del 900 | Director, Writer |
| 1960 | The Party Is Over | Director, Producer, 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 | La Tigra | Director |
| 1954 | Days of Hate | Director, Screenplay |
| 1953 | El hijo del crack | Director, Writer |
| 1952 | Facundo, el tigre de los llanos | Screenplay |
| 1950 | The Crime of Oribe | Director, Writer |
| 1949 | El nieto de Congreve | Writer |
| 1949 | El hombre de las sorpresas | Screenplay |
| 1949 | El hijo de la calle | Writer |
| 1948 | Romance sin palabras | Screenplay |
| 1948 | Pelota de trapo | Writer |
| 1947 | Santos Vega vuelve | Writer |
| 1947 | El muro | Director, Writer |
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