| Pim de la Parra | |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Death Place: | Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Occupation: | Film director |
| Yearsactive: | 1965–2010 |
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.[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 (born 1963) and the comedian (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]