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