Greg Papalia

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Greg W. Papalia is a set designer and art director who worked as set designer on the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "Encounter at Farpoint".

Papalia's other credits as set designer include 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984, with Gregory Pickrell and William Ladd Skinner), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), Nuts (1987), Ghostbusters II (1989), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), One Good Cop (1991, with Richard McKenzie), Legends of the Fall (1994), The Patriot (2000), The Italian Job (2003), The Haunted Mansion (2003), Transformers (2007), and Glee (2009).

He also worked as assistant art director on Late for Dinner (1991), Father of the Bride (1991), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Casper (1995).

More notable, Papalia was the art director on Hot Shots! (1991) and Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The Nutty Professor (1996), Dr. Dolittle (1998, with set designer Easton Michael Smith), Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), Jurassic Park III (2001), The Scorpion King (2002, starring The Rock), Hulk (2003), Starsky & Hutch (2004), Rush Hour 3 (2007), Beowulf (2007), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), and The Green Hornet (2011).

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