""Timoner graduated cum laude from Yale in 1994, where she majored in American Studies, with a concentration in Film and Literature, and Theater Studies.Her first feature documentary, "The Nature Of The Beast" (1994), centered around the life and case of Bonnie Jean Foreshaw (a woman serving the longest prison sentence in the state of Connecticut for incidentally killing a pregnant woman while defending herself against a man) in order to shine light on the racism and systemic holes in our justice system.