Gary Alikivi, Documentary Film Maker based in Tyneside UK, has 30 years experience. His commissioned work included information and promotional films for charities and local authorities.
Self financed work featured over 20 documentaries including ‘Wildflower‘ about South Shields born Eileen O’Shaughnessy, wife of George Orwell and ‘Little Ireland’ about Irish immigration into Jarrow. Local media The Shields Gazette described him as a prolific film maker.
His most recent works are documentaries about the life of author & artist Baron Avro Manhattan, and Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin. Why not check the Alikivi You Tube channel to watch them.
Titles include Trading Places, War Stories, Skuetenders, We Sold Our Soul for Rock n Roll, The Butchers of Bolingbroke and more.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkW7F_6t-GNVMCYLT4BNHfg
Currently involved in more research about Baron Avro Manhattan and working on a series of video stories around his home area South Tyneside. 
This blog features interviews with musicians, artists, writers and includes stories on making the documentaries. To read any of the features or interviews type the name into the search bar above:
REVIEWS: BARE TEETH (ep) – LOWFEYE (album).
DOCUMENTARIES: SECRETS & LIES (Baron Avro Manhattan) – WESTOE ROSE (Amy Flagg) – ZAMYATIN, The Russia – Tyneside Connection – ON THE FRONT LINE (Miners strike 84-85) – LITTLE IRELAND (Jarrow / Irish immigration) – SKUETENDERS (Lawe Top, South Shields) – TYNE DOCK BORDERS (South Shields) – WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR ROCK N ROLL (Tyneside rock music) – WILDFLOWER (Eileen O’Shaughnessy) – DESIGNS FOR LIFE (Tattoo’s).
INTERVIEWS: AIDAN DOYLE (Artist) – BLAST (North East recording studio) – COLIN SMOULT (Sound & Lighting Engineer) – DAVID G.WILKINSON (Artist) – GARNER HARRIS (Creative Seed) – IAN PENMAN (Ravendale – Music journalist, Broadcaster) – JAMIE BROWN (Actor) – JOHN ORTON (Author) – MARTIN FRANCIS TROLLOPE (Studio engineer) – PAR CAN (Tech/Stage Crew) – PETER MITCHELL (Writer & TV Producer) – RAY SPENCER M.B.E (Director, The Customs House) – SALLY NEWHOUSE (Rock photographer) – SHEILA GRABER (Animater) – SIMON DONALD (VIZ magazine) – STEVE THOMPSON (Songwriter & Neat records producer) – UNIFIED MEDIA (Film Makers).
BIG MOUTH STRIKES: PYROMANIAX – IT’S ONLY ROCK N ROLL – LET THE MUSIC DO THE TALKING – NEW GANG IN TOWN – HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE ? – 1980 THE YEAR METAL FORGED ON TYNESIDE – ROKSNAPS #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 – METAL ON THE MENU (Roksnax album) – GUARDIAN RECORDING STUDIO #1 Tygers of Pan Tang, #2 Spartan Warrior, #3 Steve Thompson #4 Mythra, Saracen, Hollow Ground – ROCKIN’ ALL OVER THE TOON (David Morton, The Chronicle) – ROCKIN’ ALL OVER THE TOON AGAIN (David Morton, The Chronicle) – NEAT BITES (Tyneside record label) – BUNGS, BLAGS & SHOOTERS (The Sweeney) – TRAIN OF THOUGHTS (Film ideas 2013) – TATTS (Designs for Life doc.). – SOUNDS ALIVE & POWER OF MUSIC – LAST GANGS IN TOWN – 200 NOT OUT –2 YEAR LATER.
VINYL JUNKIES: 7 songs that shaped their world – NEIL ARMSTRONG – WILL BINKS – JOHN HESTON – MARTIN POPOFF – COLIN SMOULT – NEIL NEWTON – TONY HIGGINS – VINCE HIGH – JON DALTON – GARY PAYNE.
UK MUSIC FEATURES –
SOUL/FUNK/DANCE:
IAN MUNRO (Opus 3) – SULENE FLEMING (Brand New Heavies/The Fantastics)
FOLK/BLUES/ROCK/PROG:
ALAN KNIGHTS – BECKETT – BEN HUDSON – BERNIE TORME – BIGFOOT – BOB SMEATON (White Heat) – CELIA BRYCE – DAVE DITCHBURN (Brass Alley/Geordie) – DAVE TAGGART (Danceclass) – FRED PURSER (Penetration/Tygers of Pan Tang) -HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT’S ADEQUATE – HAYLEY ELLEN – HOWARD BAKER (Warbeck) – IAN SLATER (Babysnakes) – JEN STEVENS – JON DEVERILL (Tygers of Pan Tang) – MARTIN WEAVER – MICHAEL McNALLY – MICKY KERRIGAN (Stuckfish) -NICK REEVES – PAUL LASKEY (Cloverhill) – PISTON – TERRY & GERRY – TONY WILSON – TREVOR SEWELL.
PUNK:
ANGELIC UPSTARTS – CALLING ALL ASTRONAUTS – CAROL NICHOL (Lowfeye/The Relitics) – CRASHED OUT – DANNY McCORMACK (The Main Grains/ The Wildhearts) – DECONTROL – HI-FI SPITFIRES – JAZZ RIOT – LAST GREAT DREAMERS – LOWFEYE – MOND COWIE (former Angelic Upstarts) – NEIL NEWTON (Angelic Upstarts) – PHANTOMS of the UNDERGROUND – STEVE JAMES (The Fiend/ Warwound) STEVE KINCAIDE (The Bastard Sons of Cavan) – THE TOY DOLLS – UK SUBS – WAVIS O’SHAVE.
METAL:
ANTONY BRAY (Venom Inc) – ANTTON LANT (Def Con One/Venom) – ATOMKRAFT – AVENGER UK – BERNADETTE MOONEY (War Machine) – BLITZKRIEG – CLOVEN HOOF – DARK HEART – DARK RITES – DAVID WILKINSON (Spartan Warrior) – DEALER – DEF CON ONE – DESOLATION ANGELS – ED THOMAS (Gunslinger) – FIST – GLENN S.HOWES (Fist/Blitzkreig) – GOLD – HOLLOW GROUND.
JAGUAR – JOHN HOPPER (Slutt) – JOHN VERITY (Phoenix/Argent) – KAINE – KAT GILLHAM (Lucifers Chalice/Winds of Genocide) – KEV CHARLTON (Hellanbach/ Bessie & the Zinc Buckets) – LOU TAYLOR (Saracen/Blind Fury).
MARK WOODHOUSE (White Vice) – MICHAEL McCRYSTAL (Tygers of Pan Tang) – MICHAEL MAUGHAN (Phasslayne) – MILLENNIUM – MYTHRA – NEV LARKIN (Marauder) – OBSIDIAN – OLIVER/DAWSON SAXON – OVERDRIVE – PAUL DI’ANNO (ex Iron Maiden/Battlezone).
RAVEN – REPULSIVE VISION – ROBB WEIR (Tygers of Pan Tang) – THE ROOM – SALEM – SATAN – SAVAGE – SNATCH BACK – SOLDIER – SPARTAN WARRIOR – STEVE DAWSON (The Animals/ Saracen) – TAROT – THUNDERSTICK (Samson).
TOKYO BLADE – TROYEN – TYGERS OF PAN TANG – TYSONDOG – TYTAN – VENOM INC – VIIXEN – WARFARE – WARRIOR – WEAPON UK .
REST of the WORLD:
ADORN THE WICKED (USA rock) – ANGELS WHISPER (Luxembourg, rock) – ANVIL (Canadian Metal) – BARE TEETH (French pop punk) – BODO SCHOPF (German metal/MSG/Pendulum of Fortune) – BREAKY BOXES (Frenck folk-rock) COVEN (Japanese Metal) – GREG REKUS (Canadian folk/punk) – HIGHTOWER (French pop/punk) – MARTYR (Dutch metal) RICKY MARX (Denmark, Now or Never/ex Pretty Maids) – MOB RULES (German metal) – MR.MYST (Belgian rock) – THE ROCKET (Belgian punk) – RYAN HAMILTON & THE TRAITORS (USA rock) – SEPTEMBER AGAIN (French rock) – STUPID KARATE (French pop/punk) – TENTATION (French heavy metal) – UPSIDE DOWN (Spanish pop punk) – WILDHEART (Belgium glam/metal).
