Waldemar Januszczak
Known for Acting
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
B movie
2009
as Himself
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art
2009
as Narrator
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art
2009
Director
Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
2012
as Himself
The Lost Supper
1998
as Self - Narrator
The Lost Supper
1998
Writer
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
2015
as Himself
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
2015
Director
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
2015
Writer
Paradise Found
2005
as Himself
Ugly Beauty
2010
Ugly Beauty
2010
Director
The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson
2011
The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson
2011
Director
William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque
2011
as Presenter
William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque
2011
Director
The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel
2005
as Self
The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel
2005
Director
Travels with My Camera: The Happy Dictator
2007
Director
The Mystery of the Nativity
2022