Pim de la Parra

Pim de la Parra (born 5 January 1940) is a Surinamese-Dutch film director of Portuguese descent.[1]

Pim de la Parra
Pim de la Parra (1972)
Born (1940-01-05) 5 January 1940
Paramaribo, Suriname
NationalityDutch
OccupationFilm director
Years active1965-present

He was educated at the Netherlands Film Academy.[2] He became an editoral board member of the film magazine Skoop from 1963 which had been established by other students of the Academy.[2] Between 1967 and 1976, he directed films under the independent production company Scorpio Films with Dutch film director Wim Verstappen, who manages 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.[3] 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.[4]

Select filmography
  • Jongens, jongens wat een meid (1965)
  • Joszef Katùs (1966)
  • Obsessions a.k.a. Bezeten, Het Gat in de Muur (1969; scenario Pim de la Parra, Wim Verstappen and Martin Scorsese)
  • Rubia's Jungle (1970)
  • Blue Movie (1971)
  • The Burglar (1972)
  • Frank en Eva (1973)
  • Mijn Nachten met Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra (1975)
  • Wan Pipel (1976)
  • Paul Chevrolet en de ultieme hallucinatie (1985)
  • Als in een Roes... (1986)
  • Odyssée d'Amour (1987)
  • Lost in Amsterdam (1989)
  • De nacht van de wilde ezels (1990)
  • Let the Music Dance (1990)
  • Dagboek van een zwakke yogi (1993; as Ronald da Silva)
  • Dream of a Shadow (1996)
  • Ala di (2006)
  • Het geheim van de Saramacca rivier (2007; first film of the Surinamese Film Academy)

References
  1. "A Paradox in Caribbean Cinema? An Interview with Minimal Movie Filmmaker Pim de la Parra, Pragmatic Dreamer from Suriname".
  2. "Skoop and Skrien: A New Wind". eyefilm.nl. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  3. "Obsessions – Hitchcock, Scorsese en seks" (in Dutch). Neerlands Filmdoek. 4 June 2007.
  4. "Vertoning filmklassieker 'Wan Pipel' in A'dam" (in Dutch). Waterkant.net. 11 May 2015.
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