Victor Planchon

Victor Joseph Planchon (12 January 1863, Paris - 1 February 1935, Lyon) was a French chemist.

At the age of fifteen, he joined the staff at a government laboratory in Paris; doing work for the patent office and customs.

Originally interested in photographic plates, he switched to studying celluloid; attempting to create a completely flat surface.

His technique was so successful that he founded a company to produce the new film: the Union Photographique de Boulogne.

Shortly after, he settled in Lyon and established the "Société anonyme des Pellicules françaises", known as PLAVIC (PLAnchon VICtor).