I don't think there are any whose careers (or even a group of films) currently match up to the greats of the past. Kiarostami has an excellent body of intelligent and quietly poetic work to his credit, going back well before the 90's though. Samira Makhmalbaf has done amazingly well for her age. I very much enjoyed the 3 Tran Anh-Hung films i've seen. Of course Zhang Yimou has done fine things including his superb debut feature Red Sorghum in 87. Miyazaki has a unique vision and talent. I hope the Mexican director Reygadas builds on the arthouse promise of Japon. Hirokazu Kore-eda's Maborosi is an absolute masterpiece and i liked his After Life, too; look forward to seeing more by him.

Old-timers; Hats off to Manoel de Oliveira, still going strong in his 9th decade of film-making, as is Rohmer in his 80's. And i'm really looking forward to Angelopoulos' forthcoming trilogy.