Name Leopoldo Rios Siblings Carlos Torres Rios | Children Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Role Film director | |
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Died April 10, 1960, Vicente Lopez, Buenos Aires, Argentina Movies El Hijo del crack, La Vuelta al nido, Edad dificil, Lo que le paso a Reynoso, La Encrucijada Similar People Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Jose A Ferreyra, Armando Bo, Floren Delbene, Beatriz Guido | ||
Grandchildren Javier Torre, Pablo Torre | ||
Leopoldo Torres Ríos (27 December 1899 – 10 April 1960) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. His brother Carlos Torres Ríos was a notable cinematographer. His son was the film director and screenwriter Leopoldo Torre Nilsson.
Rios initially solely began as a screenwriter, writing for his first film Palomas rubias in 1920 but by 1923 he began siimultaneously directing and writing for his films, producing over 40 films between the early 1920s and 1959 when he was taken ill with lung cancer. He died on 10 April 1960, aged 60, in his native Buenos Aires.
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