Iakovos Kampanellis was a Greek poet, playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, novelist, and director. Born 2 December 1921 in Hora, Naxos island, Greece - Died 29 March 2011 in Athens, Greece.
As a survivor of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, he wrote the lyrics of the "Mauthausen Trilogy" with music by Mikis Theodorakis. He wrote the script of at least 12 films and he directed three of them. In addition, he is well known as a lyricist, having written the lyrics in more than 100 songs. From 1981 to 1987 he was Director of the Radio section of the . In 2000 he was elected ad honorem member of the Academy of Athens. The same year he was awarded the medal of the Order of Phoenix by the President of the Greek Republic.