Editing Kit Lambert (section)

=== Career in film and music ===
After studying history at [[Trinity College, Oxford|Trinity College]], Oxford, Lambert trained at the [[Mons Officer Cadet School]] and briefly served as an officer in the [[British Army]] to carry out his [[national service]] obligations; he was stationed in Hong Kong. After returning to civilian life, in May 1961, he joined an expedition with two [[Oxford]] friends, [[Richard Mason (explorer)|Richard Mason]] and [[John Hemming (explorer)|John Hemming]], in an attempt to discover the source of the [[Iriri River]] in the [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]]. Lambert hoped to film the expedition as a documentary. On 3 September, Mason was killed by an uncontacted Amazon [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|tribe]] known as the [[Panará people|Panará]] while he was alone hunting for food. Lambert was initially arrested on suspicion of murdering his friend but, after a concerted campaign in Britain by the ''[[Daily Express]]'' newspaper, which had financed the expedition, he was released. After returning to the United Kingdom, Lambert became an [[assistant director]] (AD) on the films ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]'' (1961),<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kit-lambert-mn0000080966/biography|title=Kit Lambert Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' (1962), and ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' (1963), which is when he met fellow AD [[Chris Stamp]], brother of actor [[Terence Stamp]].

Soon after, he and Stamp decided to make a documentary that would show the behind-the-scenes life of a pop group. The band they chose was the High Numbers (known previously, and again afterwards, as [[the Who]]). Lambert and Stamp began filming concerts of the group, but eventually abandoned the idea of the documentary, deciding instead to become the Who's managers, even though they had no experience managing a group. After the band was turned down by [[EMI]], Lambert and Stamp signed them up with [[Shel Talmy]], who had produced [[the Kinks]] hits, and whose company had an output deal through [[Decca Records]] in the UK. Lambert eventually replaced Talmy as the group's producer in 1966,<ref name="auto"/> starting with "[[I'm a Boy]]," which reached number two on the [[UK Singles Chart]].