Spiros Ornerakis was born in Hania, Crete, in 1942. At the age of 18 he came to Athens and studied Interior Design and Stage Design. He first worked as a graphic designer in the field of advertising. In 1971 he started working as cartoonist. Very quickly he became one of the most sought after cartoonists by all the Greek newspapers and magazines. Since 1984 he has been a cartoonist of "Ta Nea", the top selling newspaper in Greece He was chosen to be the official cartoonist in court during the big trial of the Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, in 1991. The cartoons were published daily and in an album afterwards. Although Ornerakis draws all types of cartoons, it is for his caricatures that he is unrivalled in Greece At the same time he has worked as a stage designer and cartoonist for theatre and television. He was co-host and guest in many television shows. He designs the costumes, sets and games for the PanEuropean show "Games Without Frontiers". Book illustration has also absorbed a great part of his artistic activity. He has illustrated the Greek official high school and primary school schoolbooks, children's books, short stories, novels and poems.     He has participated in all the major cartoon exhibitions and events of the last 25 years and has won many awards. Spiros Ornerakis also has a great deal of experience as an animator, he has created many animation spots for the cinema and television. He is often asked to do projects for the Greek Government, mainly campaign designs, as for example for the protection of the environment, for the protection of the consumer, educational matters, etc. Of course Spiros Ornerakis considers his magnus opus to be his school, where he has spent a lot of his creative energy since 1994.