De 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 [nl] (born 1963) and the comedian Nina [nl] (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]

Pim de la Parra
De la Parra in 1972
Born	(1940-01-05)5 January 1940 Paramaribo, Suriname
Died	6 September 2024(2024-09-06) (aged 84) Paramaribo, Suriname
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1965–2010

Biography

Select filmography

References

External links