Gianfranco Manfredi (26 November 1948 – 24 January 2025) was an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, author, screenwriter, actor and cartoonist.

Born in Senigallia, Manfredi graduated in History of Philosophy at the University of Milan with a thesis on Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

[1] Manfredi debuted as a singer-songwriter in 1972 with La crisi, an album filled with political and social themes.

Since 1974 he was also active as a songwriter for other artists, including Mia Martini, Mina, PFM, Wess & Dori Ghezzi, Drupi, Heather Parisi, Donatello.

He then published over a dozen novels and short stories, collaborated in various roles to several films, TV-series and plays, and created several comic series.