It's sometimes possible to "tune" the ejection direction via shaping of the ejector, but I've never worked with an external-extractor 1911, so don't know how that might affect things.
If the brass is ejecting so vigorously that it hurts, you might check into the recoil spring rate? My guns generally eject brass about the same distance as my hand is from my head, so the brass is merely falling by the time it has traveled that far.
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