carl marino was the actor who played the young lieutenant joe kenda.
carl marino was the actor who played the young lieutenant joe kenda.
who is the actor who plays the young lieutenant joe kenda?
carl marino
kenda gave producers 30 of his past cases to read, and they picked the ten they believed were most suited for television audiences. the first season was shot in hollywood, but all re-enactments since have been filmed in knoxville, tennessee and the surrounding area. casting calls for actors are periodically held in the knoxville area. a younger version of kenda is portrayed by actor carl marino, a former deputy sheriff in monroe county, new york. kenda admits he looks over the case files before shooting, but said his memory is "absolutely perfect". each episode takes four hours to shoot. he has been humbled by the success of the show, which has run for eight seasons and has aired throughout the world. kenda announced in may 2019 that the ninth season of "homicide hunter" would be the last, believing that the number of cases remaining are insufficient to sustain another season, as they were either "too simple or simply too disgusting to be on television", and preferring to end the series "at the top of my game".
joe kenda
by 2008, denver television series editor patrick bryant had worked as a freelancer for several production companies for over ten years, having edited over two hundred episodes of various series on networks including discovery channel, animal planet, hgtv, food channel and tlc. he also edited sizzle reels for development departments of production companies, helping with their efforts to sell new series to tv networks. in 2009 bryant decided to try his hand at independently creating his own series as a producer. unscripted reenactment american crime series were extremely popular at the time, a logical choice for bryant's first effort. years prior bryant had lived in colorado springs and worked at a local tv station when lt. joe kenda was in charge of the major crimes unit. bryant had interviewed kenda as part of a tv special about the local drug trade tied to a rising homicide rate. kenda left a lasting impression on bryant as a great interview subject. in 2009 bryant contacted kenda to discuss the possibility of developing a tv series built around his career as a homicide detective. kenda was slow to respond, but eventually struck an agreement to pursue the development of the series with bryant. a 5-minute sizzle reel created by bryant and kenda was shown to fox21 studios in los angeles, who shopped the series to multiple tv networks. it was acquired by investigation discovery in 2010, and went into production in february 2011.
joe kenda