
About
Waldemar Januszczak
Overview
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 |
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2024 | Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
2022 | The Mystery of the Nativity | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2022 | Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio | Actor | Self - Presenter | N/A N/A |
2022 | Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2022 | Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
2020 | The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak | Actor | Host, Narrator | 69 Fair |
2019 | Handmade in Bolton | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2018 | Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA | Actor | Host, Narrator | N/A N/A |
2017 | Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman | Actor | Presenter | 58 Average |
2016 | The Renaissance Unchained | Actor | Self - Presenter | N/A N/A |
2015 | Holbein: Eye of the Tudors | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
2015 | Rubens: An Extra Large Story | Actor | Presenter | N/A N/A |
2014 | Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness | Actor | Host, Narrator | N/A N/A |
2012 | The Dark Ages: An Age of Light | Actor | Self - Presenter | 69 Fair |
2012 | Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2011 | The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2011 | William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque | Actor | Presenter | N/A N/A |
2011 | The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson | Actor | 59 Average |
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2011 | Understanding Art: Impressionism | Actor | Self - Host | N/A N/A |
2010 | Ugly Beauty | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2009 | B movie | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
2009 | Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
2009 | Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's | Actor | Host | 70 Good |
2007 | Sickert vs Sargent | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2006 | Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story | Actor | Presenter | N/A N/A |
2005 | Paradise Found | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2005 | The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2003 | Beijing Swings | Actor | Self - presenter | 59 Average |
2003 | Gauguin: The Full Story | Actor | Presenter | N/A N/A |
1998 | The Lost Supper | Actor | Self - Narrator | N/A N/A |
Directing |
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2024 | Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism | Directing | Director | 69 Fair |
2022 | Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2019 | Handmade in Bolton | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2017 | Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2015 | Holbein: Eye of the Tudors | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2015 | Rubens: An Extra Large Story | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | The Dark Ages: An Age of Light | Directing | Director | 69 Fair |
2011 | The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2011 | William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Ugly Beauty | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2007 | Sickert vs Sargent | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2007 | Travels with My Camera: The Happy Dictator | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2006 | Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2005 | The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2003 | Gauguin: The Full Story | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Writing |
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2024 | Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism | Writing | Writer | 69 Fair |
2020 | The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak | Writing | Writer | 69 Fair |
2017 | Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
2016 | The Renaissance Unchained | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2015 | Holbein: Eye of the Tudors | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2015 | Rubens: An Extra Large Story | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2014 | Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2012 | The Dark Ages: An Age of Light | Writing | Writer | 69 Fair |
2003 | Beijing Swings | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2003 | Gauguin: The Full Story | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1998 | The Lost Supper | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
Production |
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2017 | Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
2001 | Picasso: Magic, Sex & Death | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
Crew |
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1999 | Puppy Love | Crew | Presenter | N/A N/A |