However, due to management shifts at DreamWorks Animation, both projects were shelved and Miller would leave the studio to pursue an animated project at Reel FX Animation Studios. He was also slated to co-direct the Australian musical Larrikins with Tim Minchin around the same time. Initially titled Puss in Boots: Nine Lives & Forty Thieves, it would pick up years after the events of the Shrek films where Puss would find himself on his last life. With the success of Puss in Boots, he immediately went to work on developing a potential sequel. After the release of Shrek the Third, Miller earned another directing job for the prequel film, Puss in Boots. He would also contribute many voices to other DreamWorks productions around this time, most notably Kowalski in the Madagascar franchise. Once more, his work was highly praised and earned him the role as director and co-writer of Shrek the Third. Due to overwhelming positivity for his story pitches, he was promoted as the head of story for Shrek 2. Despite the efforts of the directors to imitate Miller's inflex with other actors, they decided he was the only one who could portray the character. He had pitched the Magic Mirror scene to the directors and producers, leaving a good impression. Having completed work on Antz, Chris Miller joined as a story artist for Shrek.
He also voiced the Shrek mascot and the Puppet Master. Christopher Matthew Miller (born January 20, 1968) is a storyboard artist, voice actor and director who voiced Mister Geppetto and the Magic Mirror in the Shrek franchise.
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