Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (5 May 1924 â 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 RĂos, with whom he collaborated between 1939 and 1949. He debuted in 1947 with the short El muro. His mother