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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leopoldo Torre Nilsson has received more than 39,012 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Leopoldo Torre Nilsson is the 1,074th most popular film director (down from 1,036th in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 427th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Argentinean Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson ranks 1,074 out of 1,581. Before him are Roger Michell, Jaume Collet-Serra, Robert Guédiguian, Morten Tyldum, Vincenzo Natali, and Judd Apatow. After him are Alex van Warmerdam, Candida Royalle, John Grierson, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, Fran Walsh, and Nina Companeez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson ranks 330. Before him are Faith Domergue, Göran Malmqvist, Emmanuel Scheffer, Ingemar Johansson, Rune Larsson, and Leslie Phillips. After him are Arkady Vorobyov, John Winter, César Lattes, Julio Musimessi, Roberto Mieres, and Kurt Furgler. Among people deceased in 1978, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson ranks 180. Before him are Sandy Denny, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Alexander Belov, Sverre Farstad, Ivan Kavaleridze, and Ljubiša Stevanović. After him are Edgar Bergen, Jorge Icaza Coronel, Baltasar Albéniz, Oscar Homolka, Jorge de Sena, and Paul Yü Pin.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson ranks 406 out of 1,019. Before him are Delfo Cabrera (1919), Andrés D'Alessandro (1981), José Mármol (1817), Ludovico Bidoglio (1900), Rubén Pagnanini (1949), and Ricardo Güiraldes (1886). After him are Arcadio López (1910), Eliseo Mouriño (1927), Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1919), Miguel Oviedo (1950), Alfredo Porzio (1900), and Ludovico Avio (1932).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Argentina

Among film directors born in Argentina, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson ranks 6. Before him are Gaspar Noé (1963), Héctor Babenco (1946), Fernando Solanas (1936), Luis Puenzo (1946), and Fernando Birri (1925). After him are Nelly Kaplan (1931), Juan José Campanella (1959), Lucrecia Martel (1966), Andy Muschietti (1973), Damián Szifron (1975), and Sebastián Lelio (1974).

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Filmography

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