Waldemar Januszczak
Acting • Born 1954-01-12
Biography
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
32 credits
Sickert vs Sargent
Movie • 2007
Self
Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey
Movie • 2022
Self
The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel
Movie • 2005
Self
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art
Movie • 2009
Narrator
The Mystery of the Nativity
Movie • 2022
Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque
Movie • 2022
Himself
Gauguin: The Full Story
Movie • 2003
Presenter
Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
Movie • 2012
Himself
B movie
Movie • 2009
Himself
The Lost Supper
Movie • 1998
Self - Narrator
Ugly Beauty
Movie • 2010
The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson
Movie • 2011
Beijing Swings
Movie • 2003
Self - presenter
Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman
Movie • 2017
Presenter
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story
Movie • 2006
Presenter
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
Movie • 2015
Himself
Paradise Found
Movie • 2005
Himself
William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque
Movie • 2011
Presenter
Rubens: An Extra Large Story
Movie • 2015
Presenter
Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio
Movie • 2022
Self - Presenter
Understanding Art: Impressionism
TV • 2011
Self - Host
Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's
TV • 2009
Host
The Renaissance Unchained
TV • 2016
Self - Presenter
The Dark Ages: An Age of Light
TV • 2012
Self - Presenter
The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution
TV • 2011
Himself
Arthouse
TV • 1997
Self - Presenter
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA
TV • 2018
Host, Narrator
The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak
TV • 2020
Host, Narrator
Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness
TV • 2014
Host, Narrator
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011
Self - Participant
Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism
TV • 2024
Self
Handmade in Bolton
TV • 2019
Narrator