# Hugo Sofovich

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{{Short description|Argentine film director and screenwriter}}
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{{Infobox person
| image        = HugoSofovich.jpg
| name         = Hugo Sofovich
| birth_name   =
| birth_date   = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|12|18}}
| birth_place  = [Buenos Aires, Argentina](/source/Buenos_Aires%2C_Argentina)
| death_date   = {{death date and age|df=yes|2003|1|12|1939|12|18}}
| death_place  = [Buenos Aires, Argentina](/source/Buenos_Aires%2C_Argentina)
| other_names  = 
| occupation   = {{cslist|Film director|screenwriter}}
| years_active = 1963–1998
| spouse       = 
| website      = 
| parents      = [Manuel Sofovich](/source/Manuel_Sofovich) {{small|(father)}}
| relatives    = [Gerardo Sofovich](/source/Gerardo_Sofovich) {{small|(brother)}} 
}}

'''Hugo Alberto Sofovich''' (December 18, 1939 – January 12, 2003) was an [Argentine](/source/Argentina) [film director](/source/film_director) and [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter).

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](/source/Amante_para_dos)''''' in 1988. In the late 1990s he write several scripts for Argentine television.

He died in 2003 from [pancreatic cancer](/source/pancreatic_cancer). He was the brother of [Gerardo Sofovich](/source/Gerardo_Sofovich).

==Selected filmography==
*''[The Inheritance of Uncle Pepe](/source/The_Inheritance_of_Uncle_Pepe)'' (1998) 
*''[El manosanta está cargado](/source/List_of_Argentine_films_of_1987)'' (1987)
*''[El telo y la tele](/source/El_telo_y_la_tele)'' (1985)
*''[Un terceto peculiar](/source/Un_terceto_peculiar)'' (1982)
*''[Amante para dos](/source/Amante_para_dos)'' (1981)
*''[Las mujeres son cosa de guapos](/source/Las_mujeres_son_cosa_de_guapos)'' (1981)
*''[Te rompo el rating](/source/Te_rompo_el_rating)'' (1981)
*''[Luz - Cama - Accion](/source/Luz_-_Cama_-_Accion)'' (1981)
*''[Departamento compartido](/source/Departamento_compartido)'' (1980)
*''[A los cirujanos se les va la mano](/source/A_los_cirujanos_se_les_va_la_mano)'' (1980)
*''[Así no hay cama que aguante](/source/As%C3%AD_no_hay_cama_que_aguante)'' (1980)
*''[El rey de los exhortos](/source/El_Rey_de_los_exhortos)'' (1979)
*''[Expertos en Pinchazos](/source/Expertos_en_Pinchazos)'' (1979)
*''[Custodio de señoras](/source/Custodio_de_se%C3%B1oras)'' (1979)
*''[Un toque diferente](/source/Un_toque_diferente)'' (1977)
*''[La Noche del hurto](/source/La_Noche_del_hurto)'' (1976)

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0812177|name=Hugo Sofovich}}

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