he has only directed one movie so far (one coming up starring himself and Leonardo DiCaprio), but that was quite good (very "Scorsesian", a little brother to Casino and Goodfellas): A BRONX TALE.

no doubt DeNiro is not interested in GF4, but maybe if you think of it it's the last hope for the project. Without Coppola (and Puzo) you've got nothing, but DeNiro has the power the bring the thing to life