What I’ve Learned: Merran Hamilton, animal wrangler

Merran Hamilton was once a teacher – now she's on a US movie set being shot in Melbourne.
Merran Hamilton. Photo: ArtsHub.

Merran Hamilton has more than 12 years’ experience working with animals in film and TV production. She explains what she does, and how she got started in this line of work, to ArtsHub.

So most dogs have a little bit of a response to it. And it’s my responsibility to have them, when they’re called for their scene, to be as calm as possible.

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