Florida M. Bautista is an independent film director in the Philippines. She is a Mass Communication graduate of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.
Her masterpiece, Saan Nagtatago si Happiness?, a light comedy semi-musical film with original songs and entertaining dance numbers, is one of the eight finalists in the 2006 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival.

She directed the music video "Pretend I Don’t Love You" which won Metropop’s First Music Video Making Contest. She took an Acting Workshop for Film and TV at ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN

ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...

 and a Playwriting Workshop at the Cultural Center of the Philippines

Cultural Center of the Philippines

The Cultural Center of the Philippines is a government-owned and controlled corporation established to preserve, develop and promote arts and culture in the Philippines. The CCP was established through Executive Order No. 30 s. 1966 by President Ferdinand Marcos...

. She worked for ABS-CBN TV Production and is now a freelance Production Manager.