Burt "Skip" Burnam (26 March 1944–25 October 2004; age 60) was an assistant director and production manager for Hollywood film and television. He was a Second Assistant (2nd AD) on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, along with George Fortmuller.
Burnam was also a 2nd AD on the 1984 film Up the Creek under principal director Robert Butler, who had previously directed the first Star Trek pilot, "The Cage". Burnam served as both 2nd AD and 1st AD on Magnum, P.I. He later became 1st AD on such television programs as Matlock, Northern Exposure, and a number of made-for-TV movies, including 1993's The Ernest Green Story, starring Avery Brooks. He was also 1st AD for the second unit of Courage Under Fire (1996). ' In addition, Burnam was a unit production manager on Gilmore Girls. His other production management credits include Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac (1997), The Lone Ranger (2003), and several other TV productions.
Born in Berkeley, California in 1944, Burnam died in his sleep in 2004.