Pim de la Parra

Pim de la Parra
File:Pim de la Parra (1972).jpg Pim de la Parra (1972)
Born	(1940-01-05) 5 January 1940 Paramaribo, Suriname
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1965-present

Pim de la Parra (born 5 January 1940) is a Surinamese-Dutch film maker.

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. 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.

Select filmography

• Jongens, jongens wat een meid (1965)
• Joszef Katùs (1966)
• Obsessions (1969; scenario Pim de la Parra, Wim Verstappen and Martin Scorsese)
• Bezeten, Het Gat in de Muur (1969)
• Rubia's Jungle (1970)
• Blue Movie (1971)
• 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 (first film of the Surinamese Film Academy)

External links

• Pim de la Parra at the Internet Movie Database