Carlos Torres Ríos (1898–1956) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

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and

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of the classic era. Born in Buenos Aires, he worked as a

in films beginning with '' Palomas rubias'' (1920), '' La Gaucha'' (1921) and '' Buenos Aires, ciudad de ensueño'' (1922) and films such as ''

Adiós Buenos Aires ''Adiós Buenos Aires'' (English language: ''Goodbye Buenos Aires'') is a 1938 Argentine musical film directed and written by Leopoldo Torres Ríos. The film starred Tito Lusiardo and a 19-year-old Amelia Bence. The film is a musical about tan ...

'' (1938) and '' Al marido hay que seguirlo'' (1948). He later worked with his brother

Leopoldo Torres Ríos 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. ...

in films of the 1940s and 1950s, a highly influential pair in Argentine cinema. He had a number of credits as a director,

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and

in his own right, directing and screenwriting ''

Bólidos de acero ''Bólidos de acero'' (English language:) is a 1950 Argentina, Argentine romantic drama film musical film, musical directed and written by Carlos Torres Ríos with music by Ástor Piazzolla. The film is based on Tango (dance), tango dancing, an ...

'' in 1950.

Filmography

Director

* '' Un hombre bueno'' (1941) * '' La luna en el pozo'' (1942) * '' Fuego en la montaña'' (1943) * ''

Santos Vega Returns ''Santos Vega Returns'' (Spanish:''Santos Vega vuelve'') is a 1947 Argentine historical adventure film directed by Leopoldo Torres Ríos and starring Juan José Miguez, Delfy de Ortega and Pedro Maratea.Hammer p.5 It is based on the story of S ...

'' (1947) * '' Con los mismos colores'' (1949) * ''Mary tuvo la culpa'' (1950) * ''

'' (1950) * ''

Rhythm, Salt and Pepper Rhythm, Salt and Pepper (Spanish:''Ritmo, sal y pimienta'') is a List of Argentine films of 1951, 1951 Argentina, Argentine musical comedy film directed by Carlos Torres Ríos and starring Lolita Torres, Ricardo Passano and María Esther Gamas. ...

'' (1951) * '' Tierra extraña'' (1951) * '' La niña de fuego'' (1952) * '' Somos todos inquilinos'' (1954)

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* 1898 births 1956 deaths Argentine film directors Male screenwriters Argentine cinematographers Argentine film editors Argentine film producers People from Buenos Aires Date of birth missing Date of death missing 20th-century Argentine screenwriters 20th-century Argentine male writers {{cinematographer-stub