Editing Richard Lester (section)

===Early films===
Lester received acclaim with ''[[The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film]]'' (1959), a short film he made with [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Peter Sellers]].<ref name=":1" /> He did another short titled ''[[The Sound of Jazz]]'' (1959).

His first feature as director was ''[[It's Trad, Dad!]]'' (1962),<ref>{{cite book |last=Gelly|first=Dave |author-link=Dave Gelly |title=An Unholy Row |year=2014 |publisher=Equinox|page=135}}</ref> a low-budget musical.<ref>{{Citation|title=It's Trad, Dad! (1962) - Richard Lester {{!}} Cast and Crew {{!}} AllMovie|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/its-trad-dad!-v108012/cast-crew|language=en-us|access-date=June 24, 2020}}</ref> His second was ''[[The Mouse on the Moon]]'' (1963), produced by [[Walter Shenson]] for [[United Artists]] starring [[Margaret Rutherford]], a sequel to ''[[The Mouse That Roared (film)|The Mouse That Roared]]'' (1959).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Butler|first=Craig|title=The Mouse on the Moon|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-mouse-on-the-moon-v103000/review|access-date=June 25, 2020|website=Allmovie}}</ref> He returned to TV, directing episodes of ''Room at the Bottom'' (1964).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Richard Lester|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/richard_lester/|access-date=June 25, 2020|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB}}</ref>