Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
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Birth Name: Leo Towers
Born: 5 May 1924 Died: 8 September 1978
Country of origin: Argentina
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Beatriz Guido
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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).
Torre Nilsson's first full-length film, El crimen de Oribe (1950), was an adaptation of Adolfo B
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1. The House of the Angel (1957) (1957)
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4. Martín Fierro (1968)
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5. El crimen de Oribe (1950)
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1. The House of the Angel (1957) (1957)
Rating: | 8 Watched |

4. Martín Fierro (1968)
Rating: | 4 want to see |

5. El crimen de Oribe (1950)
Rating: | 4 Watched |
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"Known as the father of Argentine cinema. I launch to the fame and I work several times with mythical actors of the Argentine cinema like Alfredo Alcon, Lautaro Murua, Leonardo Favio, Graciela Borges or Elsa Daniel, among others. Torre Nilsson was married to writer Beatriz Guido, whose work served as inspiration and who worked alongside him in many of his scripts. He is acknowledged as the first Argentine film director to be critically acclaimed outside the country, making Argentina's film produc"