He's easily one of my favourite director's. Period. The Thing is one of the best movies I've EVER seen, and In the Mouth of Madness is an awesome Lovecraftian style story.
I'm just saddend that he actually approves of a lot of the remakes of his classics. I've heard that Escape is being redone with the douche from 300, and then there's a remake of the fucking THING on tap as well. *shakes head* Why, I'll never know. Next thing you know, we're going to get a remake of Big Trouble starring some talentless cunt as Jack Burton. =\