Quick Facts
Biography
Pim de la Parra (born 5 January 1940) is a Surinamese-Dutch film director.
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 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)
- 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)
