The Bonus of Redonda
Rob Drake
Producer
Rob Drake is an Actor and Producer who has played a huge diversity of roles across TV and film. He is a voice-over specialist who has worked extensively with best-selling authors, and his work in TV and film production has seen him collaborate with several big-name industry professionals. In 2025 his company, Parallel Productions, bought the film rights to the novel 'The Bonus of Redonda' and he is the driving force behind turning the project into a huge movie success.
Mike Took
Writer & Producer
Mike Took is an award-winning, multi-optioned scriptwriter with decades of film industry experience. He specializes in original screenplays, story editing, and collaborative development, and has a Master of Arts Degree in Screenwriting from the #1 Arts University in the UK. He has worked with Emmy-winning writers, famous musicians and best-selling authors, and his creative portfolio as a writer, performer and producer spans TV, film, theatre, music and comedy.
Leee John
Co-Producer
Leee John is one of the hardest working men in music, touring both as Imagination and as Leee John dipping into the pop and jazz pool, he has his own radio show, has recorded songs for charity and is currently producing Flashback, a film of the history of British black music for which more than 80 interviews are already in the can, including Beverley Knight, Eddy Grant, Trevor Nelson, Omar, Geno Washington, Shalamar’s Jeffrey Daniels, Boney M’s Bobby Farrell and Ruby Turner.
Martin Head
Director
Martin Head is an award-winning director with a raft of peak-time programmes and documentaries for many UK broadcasters, as well as over 50 commercials, working at home and across the world. He began his career at Thames Television as a Sound Recordist, later going freelance as a Director and then running his own production companies. He prides himself on getting the best work from actors, presenters and his crews, always with an eye for detail and outstanding visual flair.
Leon Herbert
Gran'pa "King" Simms
Lead Actor
Mariposa Heft
Lead Actor
Bim Bess
Lead Actor
Bonus T Hamilton
Leon Herbert is a hugely successfulul actor, writer and director. His TV & film roles include Aliens 3, Batman, Dune: Part Two, Inside No.9, and Death in Paradise.
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Esau Ross
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George or William Heft
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Jacob Dunn
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Gertrude Dunn
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Warden Wilson
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Eliphalet Dawkins
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Daisy Ross
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Gaston
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Assistant Director
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DoP
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Visual Effects