Waldemar Januszczak
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 12, 1954
- Birthplace
- 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
The Mystery of the Nativity 2022
Actor
Anish Kapoor: Stupid Naughty Boy 2022
Actor
Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio 2022
as Self - Presenter
Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey 2022
as Self, Director
Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque 2022
as Himself
Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman 2017
as Presenter, Writer, Director, Producer
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors 2015
as Himself, Writer, Director
Rubens: An Extra Large Story 2015
as Presenter, Director, Writer
Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story 2012
as Himself
William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque 2011
as Presenter, Director
The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson 2011
Actor, Director
Ugly Beauty 2010
Actor, Director
B movie 2009
as Himself
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art 2009
as Narrator, Director
Sickert vs Sargent 2007
as Self, Director
Travels with My Camera: The Happy Dictator 2007
Director
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story 2006
as Presenter, Director
Paradise Found 2005
as Himself
The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel 2005
as Self, Director
Beijing Swings 2003
as Self - presenter, Writer
Gauguin: The Full Story 2003
as Presenter, Director, Writer
Puppy Love 1999
Presenter
The Lost Supper 1998
as Self - Narrator, Writer
Credits from TMDB.