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[[File:Buck Brannaman.jpg|right|thumb|Buck Brannaman at the [[2011 Sundance Film Festival]].]]
'''Dan M. "Buck" Brannaman''' (born January 29, 1962)<ref name="Curr Bio">{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook 2011|year=2011|publisher=H.W. Wilson|location=Ipswich, MA|isbn=9780824211219|pages=82–85|chapter=Brannaman, Buck}}</ref> is a [[horse]] trainer and a leading practitioner with a philosophy of handling horses based on classical concepts from the [[vaquero]] tradition; working with the horse's nature, using an understanding of how horses think and communicate to train the horse to accept humans and work confidently and responsively with them. One of Brannaman's stated goals is to make the animal feel safe and secure around humans so that the horse and rider can achieve a true union.<ref name="Faraway">Brannaman, Buck. ''The Faraway Horses.'' Lyons Press, 2001. ISBN 1-58574-352-6.</ref>
==Early life and career==
Brannaman was born in 1962 in [[Sheboygan, Wisconsin]], and raised in [[Montana]] and [[Idaho]]. Brannaman was for many years a disciple of [[Ray Hunt (horse trainer)|Ray Hunt]], one of the founders of the [[natural horsemanship]] movement, and also inspired by [[Tom and Bill Dorrance]]. Brannaman now teaches clinics worldwide. About the clinics, he has noted, "the goal for clinics really is to just try to get the human being to understand as much about their horse as I can help them to understand."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071102205811/http://www.allabouthorses.com/site/care/buck_brannaman.html Williams, Kenny and Lisa-Ross Williams. ''An Interview with Buck Brannaman," from ''If Your Horse Could Talk''] ''Allabouthorses.com, '' accessed December 18, 2007</ref>
Brannaman had a difficult childhood, characterized by considerable [[child abuse]] at the hands of his father, to the extent that he and his brother spent a number of years in [[foster care]] placement.<ref name="Ranch and Country"/> He took solace in horses, and learned from his own experiences, to look at a situation from the point of view of the horse. Brannaman has written:
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==Recent life and career==
Brannaman was one of the primary individuals who inspired the character of "Tom Booker" in the [[Nicholas Evans]] novel ''[[The Horse Whisperer (book)|The Horse Whisperer]]'', and was the lead equine consultant for [[The Horse Whisperer (film)|the film of the same name]]. Though the book itself was a work of fiction, Evans himself said:
: "Others have falsely claimed to be the inspiration for Tom Booker in The Horse Whisperer. The one who truly inspired me was Buck Brannaman. His skill, understanding and his gentle, loving heart have parted the clouds for countless troubled creatures. Buck is the Zen master of the horse {{nowrap|world."<ref>[http://www.dailylit.com/books/believe Daily Lit Review of ''Believe'']</ref> –[[Nicholas Evans]]}}
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