Pim de la Parra

Pim de la Parra was born in Paramaribo in 1940 and went to the Netherlands to enter the Amsterdam film school. In the early sixties he founded a film magazine, then, with Wim Verstappen, the company Scorpio, under which dozens of films would be made over ten years, produced quickly and free in tone. In 1976 he shot in Suriname a film that matters to the culture of both countries, and he returned to live there in 1996. He died in Paramaribo on 6 September 2024, aged eighty-four.

In the catalogue 2

• Feature filmObsessionsPim de la Parra · 1969Cinema
• CinemaWan PipelPim de la Parra · 1976Cinema