Pim de la Parra

Pim de la Parra 5 January 1940 6 September 2024 was a SurinameseDutch film director De la Parra was born in Paramaribo and is partly of PortugueseJewish 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 AcademyBetween 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 cowritten by Martin Scorsese He coproduced 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 Bodilborn 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