Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

 

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Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, also known as Leo Towers and as Babsy, was an Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter. Born as Leopoldo Torres Nilsson 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. Torre Nilsson's first full-length film, El crimen de Oribe, was an adaptation of Adolfo Bioy Casares's novel El perjurio de la nieve. In 1954 he directed Días de odio, based on Jorge Luis Borges's short story Emma Zunz. He also directed films about icons of Argentine history and culture: Martín Fierro, about the main character of Argentina's national poem; El Santo de la Espada, about General José de San Martín; and Güemes: la tierra en armas, about Martín Miguel de Güemes. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival

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Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Born 1924-05-05 (101 years ago) in Buenos Aires.

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Beatriz Guido(Gifta: 1959–) 1959 Gifta
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Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, also known as Leo Towers and as Babsy, was an Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter.

Born as Leopoldo Torres Nilsson 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.

Torre Nilsson's first full-length film, El crimen de Oribe, was an adaptation of Adolfo Bioy Casares's novel El perjurio de la nieve. In 1954 he directed Días de odio, based on Jorge Luis Borges's short story Emma Zunz. He also directed films about icons of Argentine history and culture: Martín Fierro, about the main character of Argentina's national poem; El Santo de la Espada, about General José de San Martín; and Güemes: la tierra en armas, about Martín Miguel de Güemes. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1973 film Los siete locos won the Silver Bear at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.

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