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

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 ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. 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 ''Amante para dos'' (English language:A Lover For Two) is a 1981 Argentine comedy film directed and written by Hugo Sofovich. The film starred Alberto Olmedo, Tato Bores and Moria Casán. Plot The film narrates the difficulties of two friends w ...

'' 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 t ...

. 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) *''

'' (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'' (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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