How can I safely create a nested directory?

Question

What is the most elegant way to check if the directory a file is going to be written to exists, and if not, create the directory using Python? Here is what I tried:

Answer 1

If you consider the following:

os.path.isdir('/tmp/dirname')

means a directory (path) exists AND is a directory. So for me this way does what I need. So I can make sure it is folder (not a file) and exists.