Waldemar Januszczak
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-01-12 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK
Waldemar Januszczak
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."
Known For
Acting
(2022)
(2022)
Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque
as Himself
(2022)
Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio
as Self - Presenter
(2022)
(2017)
Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman
as Presenter
(2015)
Rubens: An Extra Large Story
as Presenter
(2015)
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
as Himself
(2012)
(2011)
William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque
as Presenter
(2011)
(2010)
(2009)
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art
as Narrator
(2009)
B movie
as Himself
(2007)
Sickert vs Sargent
as Self
(2006)
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story
as Presenter
(2005)
Paradise Found
as Himself
(2005)
(2003)
Gauguin: The Full Story
as Presenter
(2003)
Beijing Swings
as Self - presenter
(1998)
The Lost Supper
as Self - Narrator
Crew
(2022)
(2017)
Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman
Writer, Director, Producer
(2015)
Rubens: An Extra Large Story
Director, Writer
(2015)
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
Writer, Director
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
Ugly Beauty
Director
(2009)
(2007)
(2007)
Sickert vs Sargent
Director
(2006)
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story
Director
(2005)
(2003)
Gauguin: The Full Story
Director, Writer
(2003)
Beijing Swings
Writer
(1999)
Puppy Love
Presenter
(1998)
The Lost Supper
Writer