Pim de la Parra

Pim de la Parra
De la Parra in 1972
Born(1940-01-05)5 January 1940
Paramaribo, Suriname
Died6 September 2024(2024-09-06) (aged 84)
Paramaribo, Suriname
OccupationFilm director
Years active1965–2010

Pim de la Parra (5 January 1940 – 6 September 2024) was a Surinamese-Dutch film director.

Biography

De la Parra was born in Paramaribo and is partly of Portuguese-Jewish descent.[1] He was educated at the Netherlands Film Academy.[2] He became an editorial 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 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.[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]

De la Parra had two daughters: the actress Bodil [nl] (born 1963) and the comedian Nina [nl] (born 1987). His son, Pimm Jal (born 1966) died in 2002.[5]

De la Parra died in Paramaribo on 6 September 2024, at the age of 84.[6]

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. ^ a b "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.
  5. ^ "Seksfilmpionier Pim de la Parra werd miljonair, armoedzaaier en boeddhist". Trouw. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Surinaamse regisseur Pim de la Parra (84) overleden". NOS. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.


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