Waldemar Januszczak
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."
Fotos
Filmes (23)
The Mystery of the Nativity
2022
Anish Kapoor: Stupid Naughty Boy
2022
Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio
2022 · Self - Presenter
Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey
2022 · Self, Director
Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque
2022 · Himself
Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman
2017 · Presenter, Writer, Director, Producer
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors
2015 · Himself, Director, Writer
Rubens: An Extra Large Story
2015 · Presenter, Director, Writer
Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
2012 · Himself
The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson
2011 · Director
William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque
2011 · Presenter, Director
Ugly Beauty
2010 · Director
B movie
2009 · Himself
Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art
2009 · Narrator, Director
Sickert vs Sargent
2007 · Self, Director
Travels with My Camera: The Happy Dictator
2007 · Director
Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story
2006 · Presenter, Director
Paradise Found
2005 · Himself
The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel
2005 · Self, Director
Beijing Swings
2003 · Self - presenter, Writer
Gauguin: The Full Story
2003 · Presenter, Director, Writer
Puppy Love
1999 · Presenter
The Lost Supper
1998 · Self - Narrator, Writer
Séries (13)
Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism
2024 · Self, Director, Writer, Creator
The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak
2020 · Host, Narrator, Writer, Creator
Handmade in Bolton
2019 · Narrator, Director
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA
2018 · Host, Narrator, Writer
The Renaissance Unchained
2016 · Self - Presenter, Writer
Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness
2014 · Host, Narrator, Writer, Creator
The Dark Ages: An Age of Light
2012 · Self - Presenter, Director, Writer, Creator
The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution
2011 · Himself, Director
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Self - Participant
Understanding Art: Impressionism
2011 · Self - Host
Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's
2009 · Host
Picasso: Magic, Sex & Death
2001 · Producer
Arthouse
1997 · Self - Presenter, Producer