FILM DIRECTOR

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

1924 - 1978

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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 Argentine citizen of Swedish descent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopoldo Torre Nilsson is the 1,159th most popular film director (up from 1,220th in 2019), the 471st most popular biography from Argentina (up from 506th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Argentinean Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson ranks 1,159 out of 2,041. Before him are Bill Condon, Tomas Alfredson, Rupert Julian, Armand Gatti, Sergei Solovyov, and Lone Scherfig. After him are Eldar Shengelaia, José Luis Garci, Marion Hänsel, David Hand, Maurice Cloche, and Steve Kloves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson ranks 394. Before him are Aron Gurevich, Mohamed Benhima, Göran Malmqvist, Zahrad, Chikage Awashima, and Armand Gatti. After him are Slim Harpo, Ragnar Lundberg, Pierre Adam, Michael Manley, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, and Klaus Junge. Among people deceased in 1978, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson ranks 209. Before him are José Antonio Rodríguez, Sandy Denny, Mladen Ramljak, Jesús Glaría, Ivan Kavaleridze, and Maurice Carême. After him are Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Lajos Keresztes, Cyrille Adoula, Imre Rajczy, Chill Wills, and Nagamichi Kuroda.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson ranks 471 out of 1,154. Before him are Reinaldo Gorno (1918), Amelia Bence (1914), Santiago Santamaría (1952), José Daniel Valencia (1955), Néstor Togneri (1942), and Alberto Calderón (1920). After him are Ricardo Villa (1952), Roberto Telch (1943), Héctor Facundo (1937), Lucas Biglia (1986), Sergio Vázquez (1965), and Alberto Mario González (1941).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Argentina

Among film directors born in Argentina, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson ranks 6. Before him are Héctor Babenco (1946), Gaspar Noé (1963), Fernando Solanas (1936), Luis Puenzo (1946), and Andy Muschietti (1973). After him are María Luisa Bemberg (1922), Fernando Birri (1925), Nelly Kaplan (1931), Juan José Campanella (1959), Lucrecia Martel (1966), and Sebastián Lelio (1974).

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