Waldemar Januszczak
Known for: Acting
Born: January 12, 1954
Place of birth: 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."
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Filmography
22 movies · 13 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism
2024
6.0
The Mystery of the Nativity
2022
NR
Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio
2022
NR
Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey
2022
7.0
Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque
2022
7.3
The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak
2020
NR
Handmade in Bolton
2019
6.0
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA
2018
3.0
Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman
2017
6.0
The Renaissance Unchained
2016
7.0
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
2015
NR
Rubens: An Extra Large Story
2015
NR
Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness
2014
8.0
The Dark Ages: An Age of Light
2012
NR
Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
2012
10.0
The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution
2011
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
8.0
The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson
2011
NR
William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque
2011NR
Understanding Art: Impressionism
2011
NR
Ugly Beauty
2010
6.8
B movie
2009
5.3
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art
2009
7.7
Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's
2009
NR
Sickert vs Sargent
2007
NR
Travels with My Camera: The Happy Dictator
2007
NR
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story
2006
10.0
Paradise Found
2005
NR
The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel
2005
2.0
Beijing Swings
2003
10.0
Gauguin: The Full Story
2003
NR
Picasso: Magic, Sex & Death
2001
NR
Puppy Love
1999
NR
The Lost Supper
1998NR
Arthouse
1997