Acting
Waldemar Januszczak
EN, DE cinema · 23 credits
Born
12 January 1954 (age 72)
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."
Known for
Filmography
Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey
as Self, Director
Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio
as Self - Presenter
Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman
as Presenter, Writer, Director, Producer
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
as Himself, Director, Writer
Rubens: An Extra Large Story
as Presenter, Director, Writer
The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson
Actor, Director
William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque
as Presenter, Director
Ugly Beauty
Actor, Director
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art
as Narrator, Director
B movie
as Himself
Sickert vs Sargent
as Self, Director
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story
as Presenter, Director
Paradise Found
as Himself
Gauguin: The Full Story
as Presenter, Director, Writer
Beijing Swings
as Self - presenter, Writer
Puppy Love
Presenter
The Lost Supper
as Self - Narrator, Writer