Romero for me. I wouldn't really class Dawn of the Dead as a horror film, nothing particularly scary in that or any film of late. But that doesn't stop that movie from being sheer genius.
Although the mere fact that Carpenter could make a William Shatner mask painted white, spawn a huge franchise like it has, must take some magical talent.
Craven's Elm Street films did actually spawn a character that haunted my dreams for a while (not in a bad way, i was only 5). Because it takes someone who is already pretty evil (Pedophile murderer, which a lot of people seem to forget about) making him looking like the monster he is, giving him the costume and putting him someplace nobody can really avoid going. That too is genius.
Of course if by horror director you mean actually managed to scare you, i'd say none of them...
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