diff --git a/core/models/media_model.php b/core/models/media_model.php
index ad873823..19bd2f3f 100644
--- a/core/models/media_model.php
+++ b/core/models/media_model.php
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ public function search($args = [])
         $this->db->leftjoin('media_categories', 'media.category_id', 'media_categories.id');
         $this->db->leftjoin('countries', 'media.country', 'countries.country_id');
         $this->db->leftjoin('languages', 'media.language', 'languages.language_id');
+        $this->db->leftjoin('users', 'media.owner_id', 'users.id');
 
         if ($params['sort_by'] == 'category_name') {
             $params['sort_by'] = 'media_categories.name';
@@ -954,7 +955,7 @@ public function search_filters_validate($args = [])
         OBFHelpers::require_args($args, ['filters']);
         $filters = $args['filters'];
 
-        $allowed_filters = ['comments','artist','title','album','year','type','category','country','language','genre','duration','is_copyright_owner','status','dynamic_select'];
+        $allowed_filters = ['comments','artist','title','album','year','type','category','country','language','genre','duration','is_copyright_owner','copyright_owner','status','dynamic_select'];
         $allowed_operators = [
             // deprecated
             'like',
@@ -1036,6 +1037,7 @@ public function search_filters_where_array($args = [])
             $column_array['duration'] = 'media.duration';
             $column_array['comments'] = 'media.comments';
             $column_array['is_copyright_owner'] = 'media.is_copyright_owner';
+            $column_array['copyright_owner'] = 'users.username';
             $column_array['dynamic_select'] = 'media.dynamic_select';
 
             $metadata_fields = $this->models->mediametadata('get_all');
@@ -1125,6 +1127,11 @@ public function search_filters_where_array($args = [])
             }
 
             $where_array[] = $tmp_sql;
+
+            // copyright_owner filter: also enforce that is_copyright_owner = 1
+            if ($filter['filter'] == 'copyright_owner') {
+                $where_array[] = 'media.is_copyright_owner = 1';
+            }
         }
 
         return $where_array;
diff --git a/public/html/sidebar/advanced_search.html b/public/html/sidebar/advanced_search.html
index cffcba45..7fbea79d 100644
--- a/public/html/sidebar/advanced_search.html
+++ b/public/html/sidebar/advanced_search.html
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
                 <option value="is_copyright_owner" data-compare="select" data-value="bool" data-t>
                     Is Copyright Owner
                 </option>
+                <option value="copyright_owner" data-compare="text" data-value="text" data-t>Copyright Owner</option>
                 <option value="status" data-compare="select" data-value="status" data-t>Status</option>
                 <option value="dynamic_select" data-compare="select" data-value="bool" data-t>Include in Dynamic Selections?</option>
             </select>