Christiaan Slieker

(George) Christiaan Slieker (1861–1945) was a Dutch film exhibitor in the early days of cinematography.

Foersterling & Co and gave his first film show in Leeuwarden on 15 July 1896.

[1] 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.

[2] In 2013 the movie house in Leeuwarden was renamed Slieker Film in his honour, after it moved to the Wilhelminaplein where Slieker first showed his films.