Waldemar Januszczak
Actor · Presenter · Director · Writer
Born Jan 12, 1954 · Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK
Active 1997–present
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…
Filmography
Gauguin: The Full Story (2003) — Presenter · Director · WriterThe Impressionists: Painting and Revolution (2011) — DirectorArt's Wildest Movement: Mannerism (2024) — Director · Writer · CreatorThe Dark Ages: An Age of Light (2012) — Director · Writer · CreatorBaroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's (2009) — HostThe Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson (2011) — DirectorThe Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak (2020) — Host, Narrator · Writer · CreatorThe Mystery of the Nativity (2022)Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA (2018) — Host, Narrator · WriterThe Renaissance Unchained (2016) — WriterManet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art (2009) — Narrator · DirectorHolbein: Eye of the Tudors (2015) — Director · WriterMary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman (2017) — Presenter · Writer · Director · ProducerBeijing Swings (2003) — WriterUgly Beauty (2010) — DirectorToulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story (2006) — Presenter · DirectorWilliam Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque (2011) — Presenter · DirectorRubens: An Extra Large Story (2015) — Presenter · Director · WriterRococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness (2014) — Host, Narrator · Writer · CreatorHandmade in Bolton (2019) — Narrator · DirectorPuppy Love (1999) — PresenterTravels with My Camera: The Happy Dictator (2007) — DirectorSickert vs Sargent (2007) — DirectorWaldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey (2022) — Director