▁in ▁Kansas ▁City , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁Robert ▁Alt man ' s ▁cam er aman ▁working ▁on ▁training ▁films ▁and ▁" indust ri als " ▁for ▁the ▁Cal vin ▁Company . ▁Alt man ▁ultimately ▁became ▁a ▁prominent ▁feature ▁film ▁director . ▁Lomb ardo ▁and ▁Alt man ▁both ▁re located ▁to ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁where ▁Lomb ardo ▁was ▁employed ▁as ▁a ▁cam er aman ▁by ▁Republic ▁Pictures . ▁Lomb ardo ' s ▁goal ▁had ▁been ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁director , ▁and ▁he ▁decided ▁that ▁film ▁editing ▁was ▁a ▁more ▁prom ising ▁path . ▁Lomb ardo ▁became ▁an ▁app rent ice ▁editor ▁at ▁Rev ue ▁Studios , ▁at ▁about ▁half ▁the ▁sal ary ▁he ' d ▁received ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁cam er aman . ▁As ▁was ▁common ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁for ▁studio ▁edit ors , ▁an ▁editing ▁app rent ices hip ▁last ed ▁eight ▁years , ▁during ▁which ▁Lomb ardo ' s ▁work ▁was ▁un cred ited . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁this ▁app rent ices hip , ▁Robert ▁Alt man ▁used ▁Lomb ardo ▁to ▁edit ▁a ▁pilot ▁program ▁for ▁television . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁Lomb ardo ' s ▁becoming ▁an ▁editor ▁for ▁the ▁television ▁program ▁Fel ony ▁Squad , ▁which ▁ran ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 6 – 1 9 7 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁Wild ▁B unch ▁and ▁the ▁Pe ck in p ah ▁collaboration ▁The ▁first ▁feature ▁film ▁that ▁Lomb ardo ▁edited ▁was ▁The ▁Wild ▁B unch ▁( 1 9 6 9 ), ▁which ▁was ▁directed