Leopold Nilsson

About Leopold Nilsson

Who is it?: Actor
Birth Day: May 05, 1924
Other names: Leo Towers
Occupation: Film director

Leopold Nilsson

Leopold Nilsson was born on May 05, 1924, is Actor. Leopold Nilsson is an actor, known for Kung Fury (2015).
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As per our current Database, Leopold Nilsson has been died on 8 September 1978(1978-09-08) (aged 54)\nBuenos Aires, Argentina.

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When Leopold Nilsson die, Leopold Nilsson was 54 years old.

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1939

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).

1950

Torre Nilsson's first full-length film, El crimen de Oribe (1950), 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. In 1956 he directed Graciela, based on Carmen Laforet's novel Nada, winner of Nadal Literary Prize 1944. He also directed films about icons of Argentine history and culture: Martín Fierro (1968), about the main character of Argentina's national poem; El Santo de la Espada (1970), about General José de San Martín; and Güemes: la tierra en armas (1971), 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.

1978

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 production known in important international festivals. He died of cancer in his native Buenos Aires in 1978, at the age of 54. He was buried at the Cementerio Británico in Buenos Aires.

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