Hannah Frank, an assistant professor of film studies at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, died on August 28, from what authorities believe was a case of pneumococcal meningitis. She was 33 years old.
Dr. Frank joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2016. She taught courses on the history of animation, Russian and Soviet cinema, and special effects. Dr. Frank was working on a book about the visual aesthetics of popular American animated cartoons of the mid-20th century.
Dr. Frank was a graduate of Yale University, where she majored in film studies. She held a master’s degree in film studies from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in cinema and media studies from the University of Chicago.