Pim de la Parra (5 January 1940 – 6 September 2024) was a Surinamese-Dutch film director.
Pim de la Parra | |
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.jpg) De la Parra in 1972 | |
| Born | 5 January 1940 |
| Died | 6 September 2024 (aged 84) Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1965–2010 |
Biography
editDe 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 (born 1963) and the comedian Nina (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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "A Paradox in Caribbean Cinema? An Interview with Minimal Movie Filmmaker Pim de la Parra, Pragmatic Dreamer from Suriname".
- ^ a b "Skoop and Skrien: A New Wind". eyefilm.nl. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Obsessions – Hitchcock, Scorsese en seks" (in Dutch). Neerlands Filmdoek. 4 June 2007.
- ^ "Vertoning filmklassieker 'Wan Pipel' in A'dam" (in Dutch). Waterkant.net. 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Seksfilmpionier Pim de la Parra werd miljonair, armoedzaaier en boeddhist". Trouw. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Surinaamse regisseur Pim de la Parra (84) overleden". NOS. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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