Hugo Alberto Sofovich (December 18, 1939 – January 12, 2003) was an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. Although predominantly a screenwriter, Sofovich directed 15 films and script write over 20 films during his career, directed and writing films such as '' Amante para dos'' in 1988. In the late 1990s he write several scripts for Argentine television. He died in 2003 from

pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of ...

. He was the brother of

Gerardo Sofovich Gerardo Andrés Sofovich (March 18, 1937 – March 8, 2015) was an Argentine businessman, dramaturge, television host and presenter, comedian, scriptwriter, and director. He was the producer of '' Polémica en el bar'' and ''La noche del Domin ...

Selected filmography

*'' The Inheritance of Uncle Pepe'' (1998) *'' El manosanta está cargado'' (1987) *'' El telo y la tele'' (1985) *'' Un terceto peculiar'' (1982) *'' Amante para dos'' (1981) *'' Las mujeres son cosa de guapos'' (1981) *'' Te rompo el rating'' (1981) *'' Luz - Cama - Accion'' (1981) *'' Departamento compartido'' (1980) *'' A los cirujanos se les va la mano'' (1980) *''

Así no hay cama que aguante Hugo Alberto Sofovich (December 18, 1939 – January 12, 2003) was an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter. Although predominantly a screenwriter, Sofovich directed 15 films and script write over 20 films during his career, direc ...

'' (1980) *'' El rey de los exhortos'' (1979) *'' Expertos en Pinchazos'' (1979) *'' Custodio de señoras'' (1979) *'' Un toque diferente'' (1977) *'' La Noche del hurto'' (1976)

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