Index: wp-admin/includes/list-table-media.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/includes/list-table-media.php	(revision 16072)
+++ wp-admin/includes/list-table-media.php	(working copy)
@@ -260,8 +260,9 @@
 		break;
 
 	case 'author':
+		$author_media_url = esc_url( add_query_arg( 'author', get_the_author_meta('ID'), admin_url( 'upload.php' ) ) );
 ?>
-		<td <?php echo $attributes ?>><?php the_author() ?></td>
+		<td <?php echo $attributes ?>><a href="<?php echo $author_media_url; ?>"><?php the_author() ?></a></td>
 <?php
 		break;
 
@@ -419,7 +420,7 @@
 ?>
 		</td>
 		<td class="author column-author">
-			<?php $author = get_userdata( $post->post_author ); echo $author->display_name; ?>
+			<?php the_author(); ?>
 		</td>
 <?php
 		if ( '0000-00-00 00:00:00' == $post->post_date && 'date' == $column_name ) {