Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Born in Buenos Aires in 1924, he started working as an assistant director for his father, Leopoldo Torres Ríos. His first film as a director was the short El muro (1947); he then made features as La casa del ángel (1957), La caída (1959), Setenta veces siete (1962), Martín Fierro (1968), The Seven Madmen (1973), Boquitas pintadas (1974) and Free for All (1976), his last film. He died in Buenos Aires in 1978.