Palme d’Or winner Tree of Life senior visual effects supervisor Dan Glass is to head up Method Studios, a rebrand of two merged visual FX companies, Method and CIS Visual Effects.

The move by Deluxe Entertainment Services Group sees Method, acquired from Ascent Media in December, combined with Vancouver-based CIS Visual Effects.

The new entity, to target movies and commercial work, will include the former CIS studio in Vancouver, the CIS and Method teams in Santa Monica, and Method facilities in New York and London.

Dennis Hoffman, senior vice president of CIS Vancouver, will oversee daily operations at the Vancouver facility.

“By combining CIS with Method, we are able to provide our clients a broader range of visual effects services with an integrated workflow across Deluxe’s multiple locations,” Stefan Sonnenfeld, president of creative services for Deluxe and lead colorist, said in a statement.

Glass will head up the combined companies as executive vice president after leading Method since 2010.

Paul Ryan becomes Method Studio’s vice president of technology.

Method’s most recent feature film credits include Fast Five, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and X-Men: First Class.

Commercial work includes the Canon Stars, featuring Ron Howard, directed by Dante Ariola, and Super Bowl XLV spot Carma for Bridgestone and director Kinka Usher.

TV work includes Locke and Key, directed by Mark Romanek and executive produced by Steven Spielberg.