Waldemar Januszczak

Acting·Jan 12, 1954·Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK

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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."

Film	Credit
The Mystery of the Nativity2022 · Actor	Actor
Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio2022 · Self - Presenter	Self - Presenter
Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey2022 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque2022 · Himself	Himself
Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman2017 · Presenter, Writer, Director, Producer	Presenter, Writer, Director, Producer
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors2015 · Himself, Writer, Director	Himself, Writer, Director
Rubens: An Extra Large Story2015 · Presenter, Director, Writer	Presenter, Director, Writer
Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story2012 · Himself	Himself
The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson2011 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque2011 · Presenter, Director	Presenter, Director
Ugly Beauty2010 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
B movie2009 · Himself	Himself
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art2009 · Narrator, Director	Narrator, Director
Sickert vs Sargent2007 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Travels with My Camera: The Happy Dictator2007 · Director	Director
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story2006 · Presenter, Director	Presenter, Director
Paradise Found2005 · Himself	Himself
The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel2005 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Beijing Swings2003 · Self - presenter, Writer	Self - presenter, Writer
Gauguin: The Full Story2003 · Presenter, Director, Writer	Presenter, Director, Writer
The Lost Supper1998 · Self - Narrator, Writer	Self - Narrator, Writer