--- title: Robert De Niro Tries Snapchat at Tribeca Film in VIDEO description: Veteran actor and Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Robert De Niro tried Snapchat for the first time with young filmmaker Alex Berry. canonical: https://time.com/4757375/robert-de-niro-snapchat/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-27T16:42:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:09.699Z og:title: Watch Hip Robert De Niro Try Snapchat for the First Time og:description: He even tried the flower crown filter og:url: https://time.com/4757375/robert-de-niro-snapchat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9253127ceb711f92/6988caed2dce011b6e9ed38c/robert-de-niro-tries-snapchat.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Director's Brunch - 2017 Tribeca Film Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Hip Robert De Niro Try Snapchat for the First Time twitter:description: He even tried the flower crown filter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9253127ceb711f92/6988caed2dce011b6e9ed38c/robert-de-niro-tries-snapchat.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Robert De Niro Go Full Millennial and Try Snapchat for the First Time  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 27, 2017 4:42 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 22: Co-founder of Tribeca Film Festival Robert De Niro attends Director's Brunch at 2017 Tribeca Film Festival at City Winery on April 22, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival) NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 22: Co-founder of Tribeca Film Festival Robert De Niro attends Director's Brunch at 2017 Tribeca Film Festival at City Winery on April 22, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)Slaven Vlasic—Getty Images for Tribeca Film Fe  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 27, 2017 4:42 PM UTC While [Robert De Niro](http://time.com/4656451/robert-de-niro-trump-tweets/) is highly regarded as one of the veteran actors of Hollywood, he’s proving that he can also hang with the [hippest of youths](http://time.com/4532104/most-influential-teens-2016/) by experimenting with the [quintessential millennial social platform of choice: Snapchat](http://time.com/4688214/snapchat-faces-the-public/). The _Goodfellas_ don was spotted at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, an industry institution that he co-founded in 2002, trying Snapchat for the first time with young filmmaker Alex Berry, who’s a finalist for the festival’s Snapchat Shorts. De Niro went for the full Snapchat experience, trying out everything from the puppy and flower crown filters to the voice changer options. While there’s no evidence that De Niro will be downloading the app on his own phone soon, it’s apparent that he’s a natural at Snapchatting. 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