Cook subsequently animated or supervised effects for various films including The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), and Aladdin (1992).
Off His Rockers drew the attention of director Randal Kleiser, who requested for the short to open his feature film Honey, I Blew Up the Kid in 1992.
[4] In 1993, Cook directed another animated short, Trail Mix-Up, which featured the cartoon character Roger Rabbit.
[6] Following a five-month sabbatical break after directing Mulan, Cook began developing ideas for his second animated feature, and arrived at an idea he developed years earlier titled The Ghost & His Gift, adapted from Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost.
[7][11][12] In February 2009, Cook signed with Aardman Animations,[7] and the following April, he was announced to co-direct Arthur Christmas alongside Sarah Smith.
[13] Because Smith previously worked in live-action television, Cook described his involvement as "help[ing] along with the animation, from designing the film and its characters to all of the storyboarding process.