Lynette Linton is a director and playwright. She trained on the StoneCrabs Young Directors Course where she was also awarded the Jack Petchy award. Linton was nominated for a Stage Debut Awards for Best Director. She is co-founder of production company Black Apron Entertainment and the current resident assistant director at the Donmar Warehouse. Linton was a former associate director of the Gate Theatre, where she directed Assata Taught Me by Kalungi Ssebandeke in May 2017.