Known For
Directing
Known Credits
14
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 4, 1940 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Paramaribo - Dutch Guiana [now Suriname]
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.
| 2007 | Het geheim van de Saramacca rivier...Director | |
| 1995 | Dream of a Shadow...Director | |
| 1993 | Vrouwen van vandaag...Director | |
| 1993 | Dagboek van een Zwakke Yogi...Director | |
| 1991 | Revelations of an Insomniac...Director | |
| 1991 | Het labyrint der lusten...Director | |
| 1990 | Let the Music Dance...Director | |
| 1990 | The Night of the Wild Donkeys...Director | |
| 1989 | Lost in Amsterdam...Director | |
| 1987 | Odyssey of Love...Director | |
| 1986 | Intoxicated...Director | |
| 1985 | Paul Chevrolet and the Ultimate Hallucination...Director | |
| 1981 | Aruba Affair...Director | |
| 1980 | Dirty Picture...Director | |
| 1976 | One People...Director | |
| 1975 | My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie...Director | |
| 1973 | Frank and Eva...Director | |
| 1970 | Rubia's Jungle...Director | |
| 1969 | Obsessions...Director | |
| 1969 | Joop...Director | |
| 1966 | Heart Beat Fresco...Director | |
| 1965 | Jongens, jongens, wat een meid...Director | |
| 1965 | Aah... Tamara...Director | |
| 1963 | Megalopolis I...Director |
| 2007 | Het geheim van de Saramacca rivier...Writer | |
| 1995 | Dream of a Shadow...Scenario Writer | |
| 1993 | Dagboek van een Zwakke Yogi...Writer | |
| 1991 | How to Survive a Broken Heart...Writer | |
| 1991 | Het labyrint der lusten...Scenario Writer | |
| 1990 | Let the Music Dance...Writer | |
| 1990 | The Night of the Wild Donkeys...Writer | |
| 1989 | Max & Laura & Henk & Willie...Writer | |
| 1989 | Lost in Amsterdam...Writer | |
| 1987 | Odyssey of Love...Writer | |
| 1985 | Paul Chevrolet and the Ultimate Hallucination...Writer | |
| 1980 | Dirty Picture...Writer | |
| 1976 | One People...Writer | |
| 1975 | My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie...Writer | |
| 1973 | Frank and Eva...Writer | |
| 1970 | Rubia's Jungle...Writer | |
| 1969 | Obsessions...Writer | |
| 1969 | Joop...Writer | |
| 1967 | Confessions of Loving Couples...Writer | |
| 1966 | Joszef Katús's Not Too Fortunate Return to the Land of Rembrandt...Writer | |
| 1966 | Heart Beat Fresco...Writer | |
| 1965 | Jongens, jongens, wat een meid...Writer | |
| 1965 | Aah... Tamara...Writer |
| 1993 | Dagboek van een Zwakke Yogi...Producer | |
| 1991 | How to Survive a Broken Heart...Producer | |
| 1986 | Intoxicated...Producer | |
| 1980 | Dirty Picture...Producer | |
| 1976 | One People...Producer | |
| 1975 | Mens erger je niet...Producer | |
| 1974 | Alicia...Producer | |
| 1974 | Dakota...Producer | |
| 1973 | Frank and Eva...Producer | |
| 1972 | VD...Producer | |
| 1971 | Blue Movie...Producer | |
| 1970 | Rubia's Jungle...Producer | |
| 1969 | Drop-out...Producer | |
| 1967 | Confessions of Loving Couples...Producer | |
| 1966 | Joszef Katús's Not Too Fortunate Return to the Land of Rembrandt...Producer |
| 2010 | Parradoxas Himself | |
| 1993 | Hollywood by Bikeas Self | |
| 1993 | There is no budget like low budgetas Self | |
| 1992 | The Ditvoorst Domainsas Self | |
| 1990 | The Night of the Wild Donkeysas Waldo van Romondt | |
| 1989 | Max & Laura & Henk & Willieas Max | |
| 1981 | Aruba Affairas Waldo | |
| 1979 | Ontmoetingenas | |
| 1976 | Naked and Lustfulas | |
| 1975 | Mens erger je nietas Pim | |
| 1974 | Aliciaas Xander | |
| 1972 | The Burglaras Drug dealer | |
| 1964 | Skoopas Self | |
| 1963 | Megalopolis Ias Himself |