Waldemar Januszczak
Acting
1954-01-12 · Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK
Januszczak was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Polish refugees who had arrived in England after the Second World War. After studying history of art at the University of Manchester, Januszczak became an art critic – and then arts editor – of The Guardian. In 1990 he was appointed head of arts at the UK's Channel 4 television and in 1992 he became art critic for The Sunday Times. He has been voted Critic of the Year twice by the Press Association. Januszczak has been described as "a passionate art lover, art critic and writer. His presentation style is casual but informed, enthusiastic, evocative and humorous. He bumbles about on our TV screens, doing for art what David Attenborough has done for the natural world," and someone who acts out of "a refusal to present art as elitist in any way. He makes it utterly accessible and understandable."
Filmography
Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism
2024 · Series
The Mystery of the Nativity
2022 · Movie
Anish Kapoor: Stupid Naughty Boy
2022 · Movie
Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio
2022 · Movie
Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey
2022 · Movie
Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque
2022 · Movie
The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak
2020 · Series
Handmade in Bolton
2019 · Series
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA
2018 · Series
Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman
2017 · Movie
The Renaissance Unchained
2016 · Series
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
2015 · Movie
Rubens: An Extra Large Story
2015 · Movie
Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness
2014 · Series
The Dark Ages: An Age of Light
2012 · Series
Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
2012 · Movie
The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution
2011 · Series
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Series
William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque
2011 · Movie
The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson
2011 · Movie
Understanding Art: Impressionism
2011 · Series
Ugly Beauty
2010 · Movie
B movie
2009 · Movie
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art
2009 · Movie
Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's
2009 · Series
Sickert vs Sargent
2007 · Movie
Travels with My Camera: The Happy Dictator
2007 · Movie
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story
2006 · Movie
Paradise Found
2005 · Movie
The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel
2005 · Movie
Beijing Swings
2003 · Movie
Gauguin: The Full Story
2003 · Movie
Picasso: Magic, Sex & Death
2001 · Series
Puppy Love
1999 · Movie
The Lost Supper
1998 · Movie
Arthouse
1997 · Series