Mario Sábato

{{short description|Argentine film director and screenwriter (1945–2023)}}

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| name = Mario Sabato

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| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

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| death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

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| father = Ernesto Sabato

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Mario Sabato (15 February 1945 – 3 June 2023) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He was the son of the famed writer Ernesto Sabato.

Sabato worked mainly in the Cinema of Argentina best known for his children's comedy films.

Sabato died in Buenos Aires on 3 June 2023, at the age of 78.{{Cite web |title=A los 78 años, murió Mario Sabato |url=https://www.infobae.com/cultura/2023/06/03/a-los-78-anos-murio-mario-sabato/ |access-date=4 June 2023 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}