I light on Instagram: "A Bronx Tale (1993) was Robert De Niro’s directorial debut. He dedicated this movie to his father, Robert De Niro, Sr., who died in 1993. The story, written by Chazz Palminteri, is adapted from his autobiographical one-man play. His real name is Calogero Lorenzo Palminteri. Several studios approached him to purchase the film rights, with at least one offering one million dollars, but Palminteri refused to sell to them unless he could write the screenplay, and play the role