Waldemar Januszczak
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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
Credits
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art (2009)
as Narrator
Ugly Beauty (2010)
Actor
The Lost Supper (1998)
as Self - Narrator
Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story (2012)
as Himself
Gauguin: The Full Story (2003)
as Presenter
Paradise Found (2005)
as Himself
Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman (2017)
as Presenter
B movie (2009)
as Himself
The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel (2005)
as Self
Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque (2022)
as Himself
Beijing Swings (2003)
as Self - presenter
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story (2006)
as Presenter
William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque (2011)
as Presenter
The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson (2011)
Actor
Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey (2022)
as Self
Sickert vs Sargent (2007)
as Self
Rubens: An Extra Large Story (2015)
as Presenter
Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio (2022)
as Self - Presenter
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors (2015)
as Himself
The Mystery of the Nativity (2022)
Actor