Pim de la Parra
Directing
Pim de la Parra (5 January 1940 – 6 September 2024) was a Surinamese-Dutch film director. De la Parra was born in Paramaribo and is partly of Portuguese-Jewish descent. He was educated at the Netherlands Film Academy. He became an editorial board member of the film magazine Skoop from 1963 which had been established by other students of the Academy.Between 1967 and 1976, he directed films under the independent production company Scorpio Films with Dutch film director Wim Verstappen, who managed all of its achievements. After a few short films, he began his career as an international director with Obsessions (1969), co-written by Martin Scorsese. He co-produced Blue Movie (1971) by Wim Verstappen, which was one of the most erotic movies of its time, showing nudity with a realism that confounded critics and censorship authorities. It was followed by Frank en Eva (1973), Alicia (1974), Dakota (1975) and Mijn Nachten met Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra (1975), these four films forming an erotic tetralogy written with Charles Gormley. In 1976, he directed Wan Pipel, the first film shot entirely with actors from Suriname. De la Parra had two daughters: the actress Bodil(born 1963) and the comedian Nina (born 1987). His son, Pimm Jal (born 1966) died in 2002. De la Parra died in Paramaribo on 6 September 2024, at the age of 84.
Known for
Directing24
movieLet the Music Dance
1990
Director
movieLost in Amsterdam
1989
Director
movieOdyssey of Love
1987
Director
movieIntoxicated
1986
Director
movieDirty Picture
1980
Director
movieOne People
1976
Director
movieFrank and Eva
1973
Director
movieRubia's Jungle
1970
Director
movieObsessions
1969
Director
movieJoop
1969
Director
movieHeart Beat Fresco
1966
Director
movieAah... Tamara
1965
Director
movieMegalopolis I
1963
Director
Writing23
Dream of a Shadow
1995
Scenario Writer
Het labyrint der lusten
1991
Scenario Writer
movieOdyssey of Love
1987
Writer
movieDirty Picture
1980
Writer
movieOne People
1976
Writer
movieFrank and Eva
1973
Writer
movieRubia's Jungle
1970
Writer
movieObsessions
1969
Writer
movieJoop
1969
Writer
movieAah... Tamara
1965
Writer
Production15
movieIntoxicated
1986
Producer
movieDirty Picture
1980
Producer
movieOne People
1976
Producer
movieMens erger je niet
1975
Producer
movieAlicia
1974
Producer
movieDakota
1974
Producer
movieFrank and Eva
1973
Producer
movieVD
1972
Producer
movieBlue Movie
1971
Producer
movieRubia's Jungle
1970
Producer
movieDrop-out
1969
Producer
Acting14
movieParradox
2010
Himself
The Night of the Wild Donkeys
1990
Waldo van Romondt
movieAlicia
1974
Xander
movieThe Burglar
1972
Drug dealer
movieSkoop
1964
Self
movieMegalopolis I
1963
Himself