Sean Willmore worked as a ranger on Victoria’s
Mornington Peninsula, until he found out that
rangers around the world were being routinely
killed and injured in the course of their duties and
felt compelled to do something. He sold his car,
remortgaged his house, and took off around the
world with his camera. The result was his
documentary The Thin Green Line.
His efforts to bring attention to the dangerous work undertaken by these wildlife warriors has won him international acclaim.
Using the profits from his film, which has been shown in more than fifty countries, and from donations received from people all over the world, Sean Willmore started The Thin Green Line Foundation. The Thin Green Line Foundation looks after the welfare of rangers’ families where the ranger has been killed in the line of duty, and works to reduce ranger deaths through community conservation projects.
Sean Willmore was the winner of the 2009 United Nations World Environment Day Individual Award. He is a familiar face on children’s TV program Totally Wild and his story has been profiled three times on ABC’s The 7.30 Report and he has been the feature of an ABC Australian Story. He is currently writing a book for the ABC on his experience in conservation.
Sean Willmore worked as a ranger on Victoria’s
