(George) Christiaan Slieker (1861-1945) was a Dutch film exhibitor in the early days of cinematography. He grew up in a Frisian family of travelling showpeople. In the spring of 1896 he bought a cinematograph produced by H.O. Foersterling & Co and gave his first film show in Leeuwarden on 15 July 1896. He began a traveling film show called the Grand Théatre Edison. During the show in Park Tivoli in Utrecht the first Dutch movie was shown, Gestoorde hengelaar by M.H. Laddé. * Advertisement for the traveling cinema of Christiaan Slieker in the Utrechtsch Dagblad *