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